{"title":"BART, the Black American Role Taxonomy: A culturally expansive approach to role theory and method","authors":"A. Stevens","doi":"10.1386/dtr_00121_1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1386/dtr_00121_1","url":null,"abstract":"This article will investigate how performance can identify racialized archetypes, stereotypes and roles located in therapeutic spaces. It will present ways we can utilize these stereotypes to create and expand upon Landy’s role method and role theory to empower Black Americans to claim their identity. This research has been conducted as an autoethnographic study in order to create an open dialogue about racialized roles that surfaced in a therapeutic theatre production and in clinical practice. Issues regarding race are difficult to discuss and present fierce levels of discomfort in clinical spaces. This article highlights the necessity to continue meaningful conversations about race in the field of drama therapy. Further, this work looks to contribute to the development of cross-cultural practices in drama therapy.","PeriodicalId":42254,"journal":{"name":"Drama Therapy Review","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2023-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42402080","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Transformation and representation in the clinical space","authors":"Dominique Darrell, Javere Pinnock","doi":"10.1386/dtr_00120_1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1386/dtr_00120_1","url":null,"abstract":"So a lot has transpired in the world. These last few years have highlighted the ways in which Black and Brown bodies are historically underrepresented, misunderstood and dismissed. As two Black Caribbean clinicians, we worked with various Black Caribbean people in an acute care setting over five years; this article focuses on how representation impacted their care. Black and Brown people often receive inadequate care, care that does not speak to the wholeness of their humanity. We sought to create a methodology that represented our patients’ cultural identities and allowed them to feel seen. We did this by transforming the clinical space into a culturally relevant play space and explored adaptive social skills in preparation for community reintegration and to build ego strength through creative reflection. This work breathed life into us as we explored what it means to be seen in an oppressive system.","PeriodicalId":42254,"journal":{"name":"Drama Therapy Review","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2023-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42736014","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Nobody Knows the Trouble I’ve Seen: The Emotional Lives of Black Women, Inger Burnett-Zeigler (2021)","authors":"Zandile Mqwathi, Lauren Daniels, Tendai Chisirimunhu Kathemba","doi":"10.1386/dtr_00129_5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1386/dtr_00129_5","url":null,"abstract":"Review of: Nobody Knows the Trouble I’ve Seen: The Emotional Lives of Black Women, Inger Burnett-Zeigler (2021)\u0000 New York: HarperCollins, 257 pp.,\u0000 ISBN 978-0-06295-984-3, e-book, $17.69","PeriodicalId":42254,"journal":{"name":"Drama Therapy Review","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2023-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43374849","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Selloane Mokuku, Butana P. Molefe, Noluvuyo Magagula
{"title":"Lifting the ‘knee on the neck’ through virtual collaboration within creative and therapeutic art methodologies","authors":"Selloane Mokuku, Butana P. Molefe, Noluvuyo Magagula","doi":"10.1386/dtr_00118_1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1386/dtr_00118_1","url":null,"abstract":"Police brutality towards Black people and People of Colour (POC) has been a thorn for centuries in South Africa and the world. The advent of COVID-19 escalated this struggle to unimaginable heights, illuminating, amongst other things, the epistemological and ontological limitations underpinning modernity (). Nevertheless, the killing of George Floyd moved masses across the globe to reflect critically on the injustices that Black people endure. Equally, social media shone a spotlight to mobilize consciousness amidst the pandemic restrictions. Moved by the mood of the time, we (a group of primarily arts practitioners and thinkers) organized virtual ‘intergenerational and intercontinental dialogues’ to explore how the dialogic approaches informed by the principles of applied theatre may catalyse drama therapy approaches. Through conversations that we named ‘epistemological injustice’, we made discoveries that included noticing how the biases we all carry may serve as enablers or constraints in embracing therapeutic encounters across disciplines. This article shares insights from the ‘#Talks’ and generates reflective material for creative arts therapies and applied theatre methodologies.","PeriodicalId":42254,"journal":{"name":"Drama Therapy Review","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2023-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48010468","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Astrodrama: Exploring the use of astrological archetypes in drama therapy for Filipinos in the United States","authors":"Monica Lopez Gamboa","doi":"10.1386/dtr_00122_1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1386/dtr_00122_1","url":null,"abstract":"There is a dearth of empirical research in drama therapy integrating other disciplines, particularly with BIPOC adult populations. The present qualitative study examines the research question: what do the Filipinos in the United States experience in Astrodrama and what meaning does it offer them? Four Filipino-identified participants engaged in a virtual drama therapy protocol, Astrodrama, over the course of five weeks. Based on semi-structured individual and group interviews, this article highlights the benefits, challenges, cultural influences and engagement in the protocol.","PeriodicalId":42254,"journal":{"name":"Drama Therapy Review","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2023-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43817080","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Learning in crisis: Notes to myself","authors":"Linda (Mdena) Thibedi","doi":"10.1386/dtr_00126_7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1386/dtr_00126_7","url":null,"abstract":"This written piece of work is made up of small notes to myself. As the author, I reflect on my experiences and beliefs of things I have had to learn, unlearn and accept. These notes reflect how I breathe and find myself navigating the teaching and learning space during the COVID-19 pandemic. Putting voice to some of the thoughts and realities which are not always articulated, but embraced and housed in this Black, female, Xhosa body.","PeriodicalId":42254,"journal":{"name":"Drama Therapy Review","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2023-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49048949","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Rebecca Elowe, Siggi Schorr, Emily Faith, Brett Alters, Laura L. Wood
{"title":"Connections between therapeutic circus arts and drama therapy: A qualitative content analysis of core processes","authors":"Rebecca Elowe, Siggi Schorr, Emily Faith, Brett Alters, Laura L. Wood","doi":"10.1386/dtr_00109_1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1386/dtr_00109_1","url":null,"abstract":"Therapeutic circus arts (TCA) present a new arena for drama therapy, capitalizing on the historical connection between circus and theatre arts. To evaluate whether drama therapy core processes also present in TCA, we conduct a qualitative content analysis of research articles centred on TCA (N = 40). Selected articles were thematically coded, showing that all of drama therapy’s core processes also appear in the TCA literature. Of those processes, ‘empathy and distancing’, ‘play’, ‘life-drama connection’ and ‘transformation’ were especially prominent. Implications include the potential for knowledge sharing and future collaboration between the TCA and drama therapy fields.","PeriodicalId":42254,"journal":{"name":"Drama Therapy Review","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2022-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48057310","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Designing a model of knowledge competencies within drama therapy: Phase 1","authors":"Laura L. Wood, Adam Reynolds, Myriam D. Savage","doi":"10.1386/dtr_00105_1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1386/dtr_00105_1","url":null,"abstract":"This article describes and documents a step-by-step, iterative process of competency modelling – a way of identifying, generating and disseminating professional knowledge-based competencies in the field of drama therapy. The authors, the Education Competency Team (ETC) designated by the North American Drama Therapy Association (NADTA) board, discuss the significance of and the need for knowledge competencies, as well as the importance of transparency in their design. Relevant literature defining competency-based learning, its connection to skill, employment and equity, as well as a detailed outline of the three-tiered recursive method used collaboratively to create this inaugural document are included. We conclude with a discussion of limitations and future directions for the model, which also evidences as a living document.","PeriodicalId":42254,"journal":{"name":"Drama Therapy Review","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2022-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45261588","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
A. Cook, Kelly Young, Caitlin McFann, Marie Angier
{"title":"Examining drama therapy practices through the lens of dis/abled-clinicians-in-training","authors":"A. Cook, Kelly Young, Caitlin McFann, Marie Angier","doi":"10.1386/dtr_00110_7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1386/dtr_00110_7","url":null,"abstract":"This clinical commentary discusses the experiences of three dis/abled drama-therapy-clinicians-in-training. Through three vignettes, each written by one of the students, reflections and observations are offered on how drama therapy programs may inadvertently support ableist practices and how these can and are being shifted to create more inclusive spaces. Recommendations are offered for drama therapy trainers and students alike, both in the classroom and in the field.","PeriodicalId":42254,"journal":{"name":"Drama Therapy Review","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2022-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46512966","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Expanding and defining the boundaries of drama therapy knowledge and practice","authors":"Nisha Sajnani","doi":"10.1386/dtr_00104_2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1386/dtr_00104_2","url":null,"abstract":"This editorial presents an analysis of research articles, clinical commentaries and reviews that attest to the evolution of the profession of drama therapy. Each contribution raises critical questions pertaining to how, where and with whom drama therapists train and practise. Contributing authors unsettle notions of private, public and virtual space, ableist assumptions that interfere with training as a drama therapist, and call for a deeper engagement with what distinguishes our profession while upholding equity, diversity and justice as core values.","PeriodicalId":42254,"journal":{"name":"Drama Therapy Review","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2022-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45295672","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}