Making Sense utilises art practice as a pro-active way of thinking
that helps us to make sense of the world. It does this by developing
an applied understanding of how we can use art as a method of healing
and as a critical method of research. Drawing from poststructuralist
philosophy, psychoanalysis, arts therapies, and the creative processes
of a range of contemporary artists, the book appeals to the fields of
art theory, the arts therapies, aesthetics and art practice, whilst it
opens the regenerative affects of art-making to everyone. It does this
by proposing the agency of 'transformative therapeutics', which
defines how art helps us to make sense of the world, by activating,
nourishing and understanding a particular world view or situation
therein. The purpose of the book is to question and understand how and
why art has this facility and power, and make the creative and healing
properties of certain modes of expression widely accessible, practical
and useful.
Les mer
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9781472573193
Publisert
2015
Utgave
1. utgave
Utgiver
Vendor
Bloomsbury Academic
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
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