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Narratives of Art Practice and Mental Wellbeing - Reparation and connection (Paperback)
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Narratives of Art Practice and Mental Wellbeing - Reparation and connection (Paperback)
Series: Advances in Mental Health Research
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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.
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