This article details part of a phenomenological arts-based reflexive study investigating humour in music therapy with persons living with dementia. Rooted in psychosocial and relational-centred methodology, the study arose from the first author’s experience as a music therapist. As part of a larger study, three interview-encounters with persons living with dementia and their music therapists (n=8) provided opportunities for shared reflection on humour in their work. Arts-based reflexivity within a phenomenological frame was used to address the question of how humour enables contact in music therapy with persons living with dementia. Furthermore, Christopher Bollas’ (1987) concept of “aesthetic moments” is used to think into the relational and existential importance of humour in this context and explore more deeply what contact may mean. Links between methodology and topic are explored and the correspondence between humour and intersubjective experiences in music therapy is highlighted in relationships with persons living with dementia.

本文详细介绍了一项基于现象学艺术的反身研究的一部分，该研究调查了痴呆症患者音乐治疗中的幽默。该研究源于社会心理和关系中心方法，源于第一作者作为音乐治疗师的经验。作为较大研究的一部分，三个访谈对象与痴呆症患者及其音乐治疗师（n = 8）一起提供了对工作中幽默感进行共同思考的机会。现象学框架内基于艺术的自反性被用于解决幽默如何使音乐疗法与痴呆症患者接触的问题。此外，克里斯托弗·博拉斯（Christopher Bollas，1987）的“审美时刻”概念被用于思考幽默在这种背景下的关系和存在的重要性，并更深入地探讨了接触可能意味着什么。探索了方法论与主题之间的联系，并在与痴呆症患者的关系中突出了音乐疗法中幽默与主体间体验之间的对应关系。