Arts, mental health and social inclusion

White, Mike

doi:10.1108/13666282200400004

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“…Along with the findings of many other scholars of this practice (Argyle & Bolton, 2005; Davidson & Faulkner, 2010; Everitt & Hamilton, 2003; Kilroy, Garner, Parkinson, Kagan, & Senior, 2007; Macnaughton, White, & Stacy, 2005; Sixsmith & Kagan, 2005; White, 2004, 2009, 2010), this study highlights the central role of relationships in the work. Arts practitioners are shown to co-construct with project participants a framework of highly positive relationships, within which – and only within which – other aspects of the practice can operate effectively.…”

Section: An Assemblage Of Six Key Elementssupporting

confidence: 76%

Evidence of a transnational arts and health practice methodology? A contextual framing for comparative community-based participatory arts practice in the UK and Mexico

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Mantecón

2013

Arts & Health

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BackgroundThis paper draws on new research exploring community-based, participatory arts practice in Northern England and Mexico City to discuss contextual influences on artists’ practice, and whether a common practice model can be identified. The international comparison is used to interrogate whether such a practice model is transnational, displaying shared characteristics that transcend contextual differences.MethodsThe study used multi-site ethnography to investigate the participatory practice of more than 40 artists. Participant observation and extended individual and group dialogues provided data on practice in a diverse range of art forms and settings, analysed using open coding and grounded theory principles.ResultsFindings locate differences in practitioners’ motivations, and perceptions of the work’s function; however, key similarities emerge across both sites, in practitioners’ workshop methodologies and crucially in their creative strategies for catalysing change. A model is presented distilling the key elements of a common practice methodology, found across the study and across art forms.ConclusionsThe discussion notes where divergences echo nationalities of contributors, drawing inferences about the level of influence of national context in this work, and concludes with the implications of these findings for potential international collaboration, to face challenges within the community arts and health sector globally.

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Section: An Assemblage Of Six Key Elementssupporting

confidence: 76%

Evidence of a transnational arts and health practice methodology? A contextual framing for comparative community-based participatory arts practice in the UK and Mexico

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Mantecón

2013

Arts & Health

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“…As emphasised also by many other scholars of this practice (Argyle and Bolton 2005; Everitt and Hamilton 2003; Kilroy et al 2007; Macnaughton et al 2005; Sixsmith and Kagan 2005; White 2004, 2009, 2010), the study cited in this article reveals the fundamental importance of relationships in this work. Arts practitioners were found to commit much time and attention to fostering high-quality relationships with project participants.…”

Section: An Assemblage Of Six Interacting Elementssupporting

confidence: 55%

Ethnographic Evidence of an Emerging Transnational Arts Practice? Perspectives on U.K. and Mexican Participatory Artists' Processes for Catalysing Change, and Facilitating Health and Flourishing

Raw¹

2014

Anthropology in Action

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This article reports new ethnographic research exploring community-based, participatory arts practice in Northern England and Mexico City. Noting the value of an ethnographic approach, the study investigated whether commonalities discovered in practitioners' approaches are significant enough to constitute a generalisable participatory arts methodology, transcending significant contextual differences, and recognisable across national boundaries. Shared characteristics emerged in practitioners' modes of engagement with groups, and strategies for catalysing change; clear convergences from which a core methodology in community-based participatory arts for change is distilled. It suggests the opening of liminal spaces in which participants can reflect, rehearsing fresh ways of engaging in transformative dialogues in relation to the world in which they live. This article presents the study findings as a grounded characterisation of 'participatory arts practice': a complex but potentially powerful mechanism, in use within numerous community health projects, and evident in diverse settings, despite little or no exchange of ideas between practitioners.

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“…Although a randomized controlled trial could potentially resolve some of these issues, this was beyond the scope of the present study. It is argued that the complexity of variables involved in creative activity and mental health limits the viability of randomized controlled trials in this area (White 2004, Staricoff 2006, Biley & Galvin 2007).…”

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“…2009, p. 164), undeniably a recognized requirement in contemporary health settings is for systematic quantified evaluation and outcome evidence‐based practice. This research project responds to this call for more empirical research in the area of creative activity and mental health (White 2004, Macnaughton et al . 2005, Hacking et al .…”

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‘Painting a path to wellness’: correlations between participating in a creative activity group and improved measured mental health outcome

Caddy¹,

Crawford

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2011

Psychiatric Ment Health Nurs

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Responding to a call for quantitative outcome evidence about the therapeutic relationship between creative activity and mental health, this study examined the mental health outcomes of inpatients participating in art- and craft-based creative therapies at a private psychiatric hospital over a 5-year period. The creative activity group sample (n= 403) improved from admission to discharge across four different psychometric measures with moderate to strong mean effect sizes. Reductions from pre- to post-treatment in both self-reported and clinician-rated symptoms are clearly demonstrated for the creative activity group participant sample. Research findings establish that participation in creative activity has potential benefits for people experiencing mental health problems.

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Arts, mental health and social inclusion

Cited by 7 publications

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Evidence of a transnational arts and health practice methodology? A contextual framing for comparative community-based participatory arts practice in the UK and Mexico

Evidence of a transnational arts and health practice methodology? A contextual framing for comparative community-based participatory arts practice in the UK and Mexico

Ethnographic Evidence of an Emerging Transnational Arts Practice? Perspectives on U.K. and Mexican Participatory Artists' Processes for Catalysing Change, and Facilitating Health and Flourishing

‘Painting a path to wellness’: correlations between participating in a creative activity group and improved measured mental health outcome

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