Rehearsing catastrophe
Cultivating affective responses to climate change through eco-somatic performance with babies and mothers
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15081785 |
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| Authors | Vanessa Chapple (RMIT University), D X Harris (0000-0002-1138-8229, RMIT University, corresponding author), D Rousell (0000-0002-4509-6128, RMIT University) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 29 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 290-304 |
| Publication date | 2024-04-02 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| 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 | 10.1080/13569783.2024.2341904 |
| OpenAlex | W4400399924 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 16 |
This article considers the related concepts of ‘rehearsal’ [Harney, Stefano, and Fred Moten. 2013. The Undercommons: Fugitive Planning & Black Study. Brooklyn: Minor Compositions] and ‘catastrophe’ [Stengers, Isabelle. 2015. In Catastrophic Times: Resisting the Coming Barbarism. Translated by Andrew Goffey. London: Open Humanities Press] as activism, focussing upon eco-somatic drama processes engaged through In Your Arms (IYA). This participatory arts project for babies and their primary caregivers was co-created in Naarm (Melbourne), Australia, by a four-person artist ensemble, ten pre-crawling babies, and their mothers. Multi-modalities were used, including improvisatory movement scores, natural props, sound-making and listening practices. The article suggests new ways to consider drama activity at a micro-sensorial scale, offering practices that cultivate environmental attunement and care from the very first months of life
Art · Climate change · Developmental psychology · Rehearsing · Somatic cell · Early Childhood Education and Development · Environmental Education and Sustainability · Outdoor and Experiential Education · Psychology · Social Psychology · Ecology
Forms of Vitality (DRAFT)
The Three Ecologies
Significant Life Experiences Revisited
Creative Agency / Creative Ecologies
Childhood nature connection and constructive hope
Eco-aesthetics, Metaphor, Story, and Symbolism
Learning to Live with Climate Change
Songspirals Bring Country Into Existence
Beautiful radiant things
Introduction
Drama and the representation of affect – structures of feeling and signs of learning
Making ‘place’ for ecological sustainability in early childhood education
Introductory Notes on an Ecology of Practices
| Highly cited | No |
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