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Managing the spatialities of arts-based practices with school children: an inter-disciplinary exploration of engagement, movement and well-being

Atkinson, S.; Rubidge, T.

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T. Rubidge



Abstract

Background and aims: The article aims to provoke new pathways within arts and health research that engage with the spatialities of arts-based interventions for building social and emotional well-being. We adopt an understanding of social and emotional well-being as a situated and relational effect rather than an individually acquired attribute. Methods: A social scientist and a choreographer both accompanied a mask-making workshop for exploring identity and body language with children aged 5 and 6 at a primary school in the North of England. Results: The collaboration generated an alternative emphasis on movement, rather than behaviour, as the focus of managing spatialities. Conclusions: The arts practitioner has to facilitate a balance of movements that, within the intended practices of the session, can be categorised as controlled, uncontrolled and improvised. This attention to movement enables a versatile conceptualisation of social and emotional well-being that is still situated and relational but also expressive of habituation and improvisation.

Citation

Atkinson, S., & Rubidge, T. (2013). Managing the spatialities of arts-based practices with school children: an inter-disciplinary exploration of engagement, movement and well-being. Arts and Health: An International Journal for Research, Policy and Practice, 5(1), 39-50. https://doi.org/10.1080/17533015.2012.693938

Journal Article Type Article
Online Publication Date Jun 20, 2012
Publication Date Feb 1, 2013
Deposit Date Oct 24, 2011
Publicly Available Date Mar 29, 2024
Journal Arts and Health: An International Journal for Research, Policy and Practice
Print ISSN 1753-3015
Electronic ISSN 1753-3023
Publisher Taylor and Francis Group
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 5
Issue 1
Pages 39-50
DOI https://doi.org/10.1080/17533015.2012.693938
Keywords Space, Well-being, Movement, Practice, School children.

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