The Antidote
Theorising recovery engaged theatre-making as a process of affective attunement and agonistic activism
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15080933 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Cathy Sloan (0000-0002-0922-7143, Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, University of London, London, UK, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 25 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 390-404 |
| Publication date | 2020-07-02 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Research in Drama Education The Journal of Applied Theatre and Performance (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1356-9783 • E-ISSN: 1470-112X |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/13569783.2020.1766954 |
| OpenAlex | W3047104540 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 18 |
Reflecting on The Antidote, created with performers in recovery from addiction, this paper theorises theatre-making practice that attends to being as formed through affective and emotive relation with others, including the non-human. It suggests that theatrical activity generates spaces, or liminal milieus, that facilitate new patterns of connection with others and, therefore, supports growth in recovery identity. Adapting Manning’s (Manning, Erin. 2013. Always More than One: Individuation’s Dance. Durham: Duke University Press) discussion of milieu, it examines how bodily attunement during theatre-making with people in recovery generated a recovery-engaged milieu. Acknowledging the antagonistic dimension of relation, it demonstrates how conflict and difference were embraced as a form of agonistic (Mouffe, Chantal. 2013. Agonistics: Thinking the World Politically. London: Verso) activism
Aesthetics · Aggression · Agonistic behaviour · Art · Attunement · Dance · Individuation · Liminality · Psychoanalysis · Sociology · Visual arts · Art Therapy and Mental Health · Participatory Visual Research Methods · Psychology · Social Psychology · Theatre and Performance Studies
The Cultural Politics of Emotion
Perform or Else
On the Mode of Existence of Technical Objects
Gender Trouble
Understanding spaces of potentiality in applied theatre
Theatre and joyful encounters
Cultivating the art of safe space
Following the moving and changing attachments and assemblages of ‘addiction’
Materialising drugged pleasures
Assemblages of Health
Atmospheres of recovery
Trends in the Turn to Affect
| Citations per year | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2024 - 2024 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |