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ERIC Number: EJ1313864
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2021
Pages: 10
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ISSN: ISSN-0742-1656
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Nomadic Art Therapy: A Contemporary Epistemology for Reconstructed Practice
Reyhani Ghadim, Mitra
Art Therapy: Journal of the American Art Therapy Association, v38 n3 p127-136 2021
A Deleuzian epistemology can inform a new framework for contemporary art therapy practice. The conception of the art therapist as a nomadic force within de-territorialized spaces may accurately reflect current employment realities in which art therapists must traverse diverse settings, populations, and client needs within a single practice. The Deleuzian concept of the rhizome, which is an organic structure that grows horizontally through nodal connections, is suggested as a valuable organizing principle for art therapists that resonates with clients and knowledge structures, and positions art making as central to a broadly conceived goal of becoming. Art therapists may discover in the metaphor of a nomad a sense of nonhierarchical, open space with emancipatory potential for both clients and art therapists.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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