TY - GEN
T1 - Shaking, and making, the ground upon which art therapy stands
AU - Linnell, Sheridan
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - In this paper, Sheridan proposes that, although art therapy is not grounded in a clear and singular body of theory, neither is art therapy 'groundless'. She draws on the work of poststructurally oriented philosophers to suggest that art therapy, its subjects (including art therapists themselves) and its truths are continually being made and re-made within relations of knowledge and power. Art therapy can be understood as an embodied, discursive and relational practice in which subject and object, and (as the new materialism suggests) matter and meaning, are always already entangled. This perception moves an exploration of the relationship between the theories, practices and politics of art therapy into an explicitly ethical dimension.
AB - In this paper, Sheridan proposes that, although art therapy is not grounded in a clear and singular body of theory, neither is art therapy 'groundless'. She draws on the work of poststructurally oriented philosophers to suggest that art therapy, its subjects (including art therapists themselves) and its truths are continually being made and re-made within relations of knowledge and power. Art therapy can be understood as an embodied, discursive and relational practice in which subject and object, and (as the new materialism suggests) matter and meaning, are always already entangled. This perception moves an exploration of the relationship between the theories, practices and politics of art therapy into an explicitly ethical dimension.
UR - http://handle.uws.edu.au:8081/1959.7/546789
M3 - Conference Paper
BT - International Art Therapy Conference Proceedings: Finding a Voice, Making Your Mark: Defining Art Therapy for the 21st Century, 8-11 April 2013, Goldsmiths, University of London
PB - Goldsmiths, University of London
T2 - International Art Therapy Conference
Y2 - 8 April 2013
ER -