Essays about: "healing circles"

Found 2 essays containing the words healing circles.

1. 1. Healing in the Borderlands of Belonging : Trusting the Journey of Black Girl Magic in Sweden

   University essay from Linköpings universitet/Tema Genus

   Author : Ida Isatou Svenungsson; [2019]
   Keywords : healing circles; affinity groups; gendered racism; mental health; coloniality of heritage; denial of racialization; virtual inclusion;

   Abstract : This thesis explores how coloniality of heritage, denial of racialization and forced passing impact Black women in Sweden. In response, it investigates practices of self-care adopted to buffer and cope with racism-related stress. READ MORE

3. 2. Post-Disaster Recovery Through Art: A case study of Reborn-Art Festival in Ishinomaki, Japan

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för konsthistoria och visuella studier

   Author : Eimi Tagore-Erwin; [2018]
   Keywords : Great East Japan Earthquake; art festival; machizukuri; trauma; socially engaged art; revitalization; Arts and Architecture; Cultural Sciences;

   Abstract : This thesis closely examines Reborn-Art Festival, a new arts and culture festival inaugurated during the summer of 2017 in one of the regions hardest hit by the triple disaster that devastated the northeastern coastline of Japan in 2011. In the face of an unspeakable tragedy like the Great East Japan Earthquake art may not seem like a central concern, but this thesis focuses on that subject specifically, investigating the ways in which art has become part of the healing process in the small community of Ishinomaki by way of the large-scale festival. READ MORE