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Journal of Applied Arts & Health - Volume 2, Issue 2, 2011
Volume 2, Issue 2, 2011
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Process drama and sex education: Advocating for drama-based components of adolescent health initiatives
More LessThere is a rich history of applied theatre techniques being used in health education in many areas, including adolescent sex education. Theatrical intervention may take a number of forms and has been implemented around the world by schools, theatre companies, social service agencies and non-governmental organizations. This article will examine the structure of theatrical sex education interventions over the past twenty years and put forth an argument for bringing process drama to the forefront as a way to change attitudes and beliefs around sexuality.
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Thou Art: The multiple gaze of audio-visual, community-based participatory research
By Olivia SaganThis article describes an audio-visual, first-person narrative exploration of the interface of mental ill health and artistic practice. It extracts, for closer inspection, the question of how we maintain fidelity of the first person in such narrative work, and, as researchers, work with, rather than disavow, our own unconscious and emotional responses to the data. The article suggests that a psychosocial approach to understanding audio-visual interview data offers a way through the maze of challenge surrounding audio-visual data and the encounter between the audio-visual and the researcher.
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Kinesthetic ability and the development of empathy in Dance Movement Therapy
More LessThis study investigates the relationship between change in kinesthetic ability and the development of empathy in a group of Dance Movement Therapy (DMT) trainees. Art Therapy and Social Science students served as comparison groups. A field study was conducted using a quasi-experimental pre-post control group design. Participants were 62 graduate students. A standard self-report measure of empathy was used, and kinesthetic ability was evaluated using a table of movement dimensions based on Laban Movement Analysis (LMA). In addition, DMT participants were interviewed regarding perceived change in empathy and in movement ability. The results suggested an increase in kinesthetic ability among the DMT cohort. The self-report measure of empathy suggested no significant change in all groups, and yet, interviews of the DMT trainees showed an increase in empathy. Standardized empathy scores were correlated with increasing kinesthetic ability displayed in outward movement, echoing and sunken posture. The results suggest that empathy can be developed through training for the benefit of the emotional health of both patients and trainees.
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The art of dying: Aesthetics and palliative care
More LessThe Art of Dying explores the function of arts integration into the management of death. The article focuses on a practitioner’s point of view as a Community Artist at St Christopher’s Hospice in London. Looking at how the death process itself functions as a transitory and liminal phase in life, the article proposes that the arts are an integral component of dying. With references to creative texts that have shaped how we view and manage death The Art of Dying demonstrates the methods in which arts can be integrated into the dying process. The creative process is shown through two case studies to assist the dying person in dealing with the complexities of the transitional phase, allowing a level of objectivity and critical thinking. The article concludes with the power of place-making through memory and its impact on legacy and a new narration of life when faced with death.
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Ten years on the edge: Phil Fox reflects on a decade of recovery from addiction through applied theatre
Authors: James Reynolds and Zoe ZontouApplied theatre’s engagement with substance addiction and misuse remains small scale and undertheorized in the UK context. Outside Edge, led by Phil Fox, is a leading company in this field. In this interview, Phil discusses his work from its inception, tracing its development and putting it in context to reflect on a decade of practice. He addresses the challenges of using Forum Theatre as a strategy of intervention and relapse prevention and identifies some of the company’s core intentions in working with those in recovery, to deny denial and to show that substance misuse is not socially compartmentalized, but rather is everyone’s story.
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The chrysalis and the butterfly: A phenomenological study of one person’s writing journey
By Kate EvansThis article presents a phenomenological case study of one person’s journey to finding his writerly self through his involvement with a creative writing group with therapeutic outcomes. The journey is initially one of ambivalence and struggle. Engagement with creative writing techniques, however, allows for discovery, a turning up, capturing and exploration of buried thoughts and emotions, leading to a greater self-understanding and capacity for reflection.
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REVIEWS
Authors: Lisa Rossetti, Karen Hayes, Alex Siriani, Sara M. Simons and Mitchell KossakTHERAPEUTIC JOURNAL WRITING: AN INTRODUCTION FOR PROFESSIONALS, KATE THOMPSON (2011) London: Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 222 pp., ISBN 978-1-84310-690-6, Paperback, RRP: £15.99 THE CREATIVE ARTS IN DEMENTIA CARE: PRACTICAL AND PERSONCENTRED APPROACHES AND IDEAS, JILL HAYES WITH SARAH POVEY (2011) London: Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 160pp., ISBN: 978-1-84905-056 2, Paperback, £18.99 DECONSTRUCTING THE BULLY MENACE: A REVIEW OF THE NYU SYMPOSIUM ON APPLIED THEATRE, 21–23 APRIL 2011 REVIEW OF NYU FORUM ON THEATRE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH, 21–23 APRIL 2011 ARTS IN HEALTHCARE CONFERENCE SERIES: VIOLENCE PREVENTION IN SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITIES, 2–3 JUNE 2011
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