Arts practices in unreasonable doubt? Reflections on understandings of arts practices in healthcare contexts

Bibliographic Data

ID12917348
AuthorsSheelagh Broderick (Creative Technology (Singapore), corresponding author)
Year2011
Volume3
Issue2
Pages95-109
Publication date2011-06-13
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueArts & Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1753-3015 • E-ISSN: 1753-3023
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/17533015.2010.551716
PMID22675403
PMCIDPMC3362801
OpenAlexW2013986592
LanguageEN
Citations received27
References cited36

This article suggests that the discourse on arts and health encompass contemporary arts practices as an active and engaged analytical activity. Distinctions between arts therapy and arts practice are made to suggest that clinical evidence-based evaluation, while appropriate for arts therapy, is not appropriate for arts practice and in effect cast them in unreasonable doubt. Themes in current discourse on "arts" and "health" are broadly sketched to provide a context for discussion of arts practices. Approaches to knowledge validation in relation to each domain are discussed. These discourses are applied to the Irish healthcare context, offering a reading of three different art projects; it suggests a multiplicity of analyses beyond causal positive health gains. It is suggested that the social turn in medicine and the social turn in arts practices share some similar pre-occupations that warrant further attention

Arts in education · Business · Context (archaeology · Health care · Irish · Linguistics · Performing arts education · Political science · Public relations · Sociology · The arts · Warrant · Art Therapy and Mental Health · Diversity and Impact of Dance · History · Law · Music Therapy and Health · Psychology

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