ERIC Number: EJ1236547
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2019
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The Dancing Body in Peace Education
Journal of Peace Education, v16 n3 p296-315 2019
This article discusses the potentials of the dancing body in peace education seen from a transrational perspective. The author explores how the multifaceted and creative body as worked with in the conscious dance and movement practice Open Floor can be tapped into and drawn upon to engage the multiple potentials of humans as "contact boundaries at work." She reflects in this regard upon her own experiences as an Open Floor teacher. The article first discusses how the experience of dancing in Open Floor unfolds a creative process that is 1) both "intra"relational and "inter"relational, and 2) always in "transformation." Further, the article discusses how the dancing body is engaged as "holistic," "relational" and "dynamic" through the Open Floor teaching tool 4 × 4, and how this dancing body supports a creative engagement with intra-inter dynamics in peace education.
Descriptors: Peace, Teaching Methods, Creativity, Dance, Movement Education, Teacher Attitudes, Teaching Experience, Intergroup Relations, Human Body, Holistic Approach
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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