Ecopoiesis: A New Perspective for The Expressive and Creative Arts Therapies In The 21st Century

338 Pages·2022·37.222 MB·English

by  Stephen K. Levine, Alexander Kopytin

Ecopoiesis
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ECOPOIESIS
A New Perspective for the Expressive and
Creative Arts Therapies in the 21st Century
edited by
Stephen K. Levine
and Alexander Kopytin
Foreword by Shaun McNiff
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Contents
Foreword: Art as Nature. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Shaun McNiff
Preface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Stephen K. Levine
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Alexander Kopytin
Part 1: In Search of the Eco-Human Paradigm in
Expressive Arts, Therapy, and Education
1. The Awakening Roar of Beauty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Sally Atkins
2. Nature-Assisted Creative Arts Therapies and the Paradigm
Change: What Arts Therapists Can Do in the Face of New
Global Challenges. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Alexander Kopytin
3. Ecopoiesis: Towards a Poietic Ecology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Stephen K. Levine
4. The Role of Attention in Expressive Art and Nature-Based
Healing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Madeline M. Rugh
5. Culture and Nature: The Play of Ecopoiesis . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Varvara Sidorova
Part 2: Integrating Ecological and Sustainable Development
Perspectives in Expressive/Creative Arts Therapies
Practice with Individuals, Groups, and Communities
6. Wandering the Beautiful trail: Ecopoiesis in Ecological Art
Therapy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Beverley A’Court
7. Making Sense of Solastalgia through Therapeutic Eco-
Scenography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Eliza Sweeney
8. Ecological/Nature-Assisted Art therapy with War Veterans:
How Nature Can Heal the Trauma of War . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Alexey Lebedev and Alexander Kopytin
9. Walking the Common Place of Commemoration . . . . . . . . 171
Pamela Whitaker
10. Re-Imaging Art Therapy in the Global Crisis: Storm Clouds
and Silver Linings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Monica Carpendale
11. Coronavirus as a Rite of Passage: Finding Cures for
“Colonialvirus” through Expressive Arts-Based Research. . . . 198
Gracelynn Chung-Yan Lau
12. A Process-Oriented Approach to Nature in the Context of
Ecological Art Therapy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Ruth Hampe
13. Natural and Artistic Aspects of Art Therapy . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Monika Wigger
14. From Ikebana to Botanical Arranging: Artistic, Therapeutic,
and Spiritual Alignment with Nature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Alexander Kopytin and Tony Yu Zhou
Part 3: Sustainable Development and Eco-Human
Perspectives in the Contemporary Arts
15. Interview with Newton Harrison . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
The interviewers: Alexander Kopytin and Stephen K. Levine
16. Sensorium: The Voice of the World Ocean—The Thinking . . 270
Newton Harrison
17. Interview with Teagan White . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284
The interviewer: Alexandra Dvornikova
18. Interview with Diana Sudyka . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293
The interviewer: Alexandra Dvornikova
19. Interview with Beverley A’Court . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302
The interviewer: Alexander Kopytin
20. The Vital Exodus: Éxodo Vital . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313
Judith Alalú L. and Odette A. Vélez V.
Subject Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323
Author Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327