Narratives of Art Practice and Mental Wellbeing - Olivia Sagan

Narratives of Art Practice and Mental Wellbeing

Reparation and connection

(Autor)

Buch | Softcover
178 Seiten
2017
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-138-70341-4 (ISBN)
59,95 inkl. MwSt
Narratives of Art Practice and Mental Wellbeing draws on extensive research carried out with mental health service users who are also practicing artists. Using narrative data gained through hours of reflective conversation, it explores not whether art can contribute to positive wellbeing and improved mental health - as this is now established ground - but rather how art works, and the role art making can play in people’s lives as they encounter crises, relapse, recovery or ‘beyonding’.

The book maps the delicate ways in which finding a means to tell our story sometimes is the creative project we seek, and offers a reminder of how intrinsically linked our life trajectories are with creative opportunities. It describes the wide range of artistic activity occurring in health and community settings and the meanings of these practices to people with histories of mental turbulence. Drawing on psychoanalytic theory, the book explore the stories and various forms of visual arts practices spoken of, and considers the art making processes, the creative moments and the objects which in some cases have changed people’s lives.

The seven chapters of the book offer a blend of personal testimony, theory, debate, critique and celebration, and examine key topics of deliberation within the fields of art therapy, arts in health, community arts practice, participatory arts, and widening participation within arts education. It will be valuable reading for researchers, students, artists and practitioners in these fields.

Olivia Sagan is a Chartered Psychologist, Counsellor and Senior Lecturer in Pyschology. She is currently Academic Co-ordinator for Psychology at Bishop Grosseteste University, Lincoln, UK.

1. Chris, Kandinsky and the Autobiography of the Question: A Brief Introduction 2. Mental Illness and Creativity: Links, Myths and Arty Facts 3. Transitions: Participation and Collaboration 4. Lost for Words, Found by Image 5. Art Making, Unmaking and Repair 6. Mirrors and Connection 7. Afterword: A Singular Fascination

Erscheinungsdatum
Reihe/Serie Advances in Mental Health Research
Zusatzinfo 12 Halftones, black and white; 12 Illustrations, black and white
Verlagsort London
Sprache englisch
Maße 156 x 234 mm
Gewicht 453 g
Themenwelt Geisteswissenschaften Psychologie Persönlichkeitsstörungen
Medizin / Pharmazie Medizinische Fachgebiete Psychiatrie / Psychotherapie
Medizin / Pharmazie Physiotherapie / Ergotherapie Ergotherapie
ISBN-10 1-138-70341-9 / 1138703419
ISBN-13 978-1-138-70341-4 / 9781138703414
Zustand Neuware
Haben Sie eine Frage zum Produkt?
Mehr entdecken
aus dem Bereich