Dance Research Methodologies

Candelario, Rosemary; Henley, Matthew

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“…Subject-specificity and context are important for the validity of this work, and thus the research yields deep and detail-oriented analyses of practices that are situated socially, culturally, geographically, and historically. While full methodological transparency is rare, explicit use of theoretical frameworks is more common with an interest in how a new theory may critically change or diversify what a practice possibly can do and how we may interpret it (Candelero and Henley, 2023 ). While such theory often is drawn from Western philosophy, attention to theory from the Global South and Indigenous ways of knowing has grown considerably over the past two decades.…”

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Transdisciplinary solutions to methodological and ethical problems in performing arts psychology

Hansen

2024

Front. Psychol.

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In the first part of this article, I argue that transdisciplinary research can help address both the WEIRD problem of homogenous samples and the categorical problem of overgeneralized practice conceptions in performing arts psychology. Like other areas of performance science, performing arts psychology engages with practices and practice-based knowledge that are studied differently by subject-specific disciplines. I propose a transdisciplinary research model that facilitates greater overlap and transfer between the scientific, subject-specific, and practice-based forms of research and knowledge that surround a practice. The potential benefits of such a model are more inclusive samples, diversified methods, grounded research questions, and widely applicable results. The problems mentioned above are also ethical. Psychological definitions of performance that derive from overgeneralized conceptions and overreliance on homogenous samples are transferred to diverse peoples, practices, and contexts as general knowledge. This fails to apply principles of equity and relational ethics, which in turn reveals some limitations of established ethics procedures. In the second section of this article, I therefore revisit my argument for transdisciplinary research, now with a focus on the triad of research ethics that is brought into a transdisciplinary project through the different priorities of scientific, subject-specific, and practice-based research domains; namely, procedural ethics, relational ethics, and principles of equity. Transdisciplinary researchers are not only negotiating across methodological paradigms that determine research validity, they are also negotiating across ethical values. Combining the two sections of the article, I argue that the challenge of negotiation can be flipped into a solution to the WEIRD and practice conception problems in performing arts psychology. I argue that whereas critical calls for radical departures were needed to identify these problems, solutions are available in bridges between different ethical and methodological approaches.

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Section: Transdisciplinary Solutions To Methodological Problemsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Transdisciplinary solutions to methodological and ethical problems in performing arts psychology

Hansen

2024

Front. Psychol.

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Llamas, Barter and Travel Rituals: An Ethnographic Study on the Esquela Tusuy Dance of the Uchumiri Peasant Community, Condesuyos, Peru

Duche-Pérez,

Mamani-Daza

2024

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The “Esquela Tusuy” dance is a cultural manifestation deeply rooted in the Uchumiri Peasant Community (Condesuyos, Peru), reflecting the intersection between traditional cultural practices and community identity. This ethnographic study reveals how the dance, beyond being a mere artistic expression, is a complex system of meanings that articulates social relations, economic practices of barter, and Andean spirituality, through the veneration of Pachamama and Apu Coropuna. The dance is organized around rituals that include the preparation, journey, and return of the llama herders, being a living expression of collective memory and a mechanism of social cohesion. The adopted methodology was based on participant observation and semi-structured interviews, allowing a detailed understanding of Uchumiri’s cultural dynamics. Despite contemporary challenges, “Esquela Tusuy” remains a central pillar for the affirmation of cultural identity and community resistance, underlining the importance of dance in the conservation of cultural heritage and in the articulation of local identities against national narratives.

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Dance Research Methodologies

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Transdisciplinary solutions to methodological and ethical problems in performing arts psychology

Transdisciplinary solutions to methodological and ethical problems in performing arts psychology

Llamas, Barter and Travel Rituals: An Ethnographic Study on the Esquela Tusuy Dance of the Uchumiri Peasant Community, Condesuyos, Peru

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