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(Re)centring the body: Bodyography, autonomy as pedagogy and human flourishing
Arts and Mindfulness Education for Human Flourishing, pp.157-180
Routledge, First Edition
2023
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Abstract
We, the Bodies Collective, work towards bringing the body back into prevalence within social science. We do this recognising that many social sciences, particularly psychology and related disciplines, have focused on the spoken or written word as the expression of the mind, which then neglects the body and its ways of communicating beyond, before and without the word.
In this chapter, we present a handbook on what it means to do Bodyography as a methodology which is guided by "Autonomy as Pedagogy", which will be unfolded in this chapter. Within this unique pedagogy, our open research group has developed workshops that enable any-body to propose and "run" elements of activities that bring the body back into the centre of our attention. To do this, we suggest six tasks to engage in and re-create this process.
We are aware of the paradox of writing, using words, to communicate what we are doing, yet within these six tasks, we can question, and re-evaluate presumed hierarchies between body and mind. We aim to bring the body back into focus, taking a both-and position not excluding the word but rather exploring the relationship between bodies and words.
Details
- Title
- (Re)centring the body
- Creators
- Ryan BittingerClaudia CanellaJess ErbSarah HelpsMark HuhnenDavina KirkpatrickAlys Mendus
- Contributors
- Tatiana Chemi (Editor)Elvira Brattico (Editor)Lone Overby Fjorback (Editor)László Harmat (Editor)
- Publication Details
- Arts and Mindfulness Education for Human Flourishing, pp.157-180
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Edition
- First Edition
- Identifiers
- 991013121012202368
- Academic Unit
- Faculty of Education; Southern Cross University
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Book chapter