Preventing Marginalization and Radicalization through Theatre and the Expressive Arts: Empowering Intercultural Dialogue

Marginalization, radicalization, and encountering the Other are undoubtedly some of the topics on top of the agenda for social growth in our society. The roles that women, in general, and mothers, in particular, can play in prevention and inclusion strategies are certainly of great importance for an approach that goes beyond a simple intervention on effects, working on causes and facilitating intercultural dialogue. theatre and art have always been used as forms of storytelling, to generate emotions and make the audience identify with the stories they hear or watch. For this reason, in the field of methodologies and tools for the inclusion of people and the prevention of marginalization, over time excellent examples of the application of artistic approaches to facilitate the processes of growth and empowerment have emerged. Theatre and story-telling workshops, especially those for migrant women, represent good cases of facilitating the process of discovering and defining one’s own identity in a healthy way. This represents the basis for a path of integration through art,giving awareness and inclusion to participants and at the same time making them “ambassadors” of the intercultural dialogue.

Freeing us from pandemic alienation: Tea-based online expressive arts therapy

This article creatively presents a framework of conducting expressive arts therapy online during the COVID-19 pandemic. The aim is to help people tap into the four modes of being through multimodal arts to respond to the alienation in each of them due to the pandemic. Tea, which has similarities with watercolour but is more natural and easily accessible, serves as the core art material in the creative process. This article includes experience of the participants who voluntarily joined a one-off online workshop, giving a clearer picture of the therapeutic process and changes. The relevance of tea to the four modes of being is discussed, and the ways in which the framework can be implemented are explored.

Adjusting to the pandemic: Remote support for professionals working with asylum seekers

Three expressive arts therapists from the volunteer group, Voces Arts and Healing, review and reflect on virtual mentorship and supervision provided to mentees working on the ground in Juarez, Mexico, as the immigration crisis at the border persisted and the COVID-19 pandemic was declared around the globe. The Migrant Protection Protocol (MPP) programme is briefly explained along with implications it posed on the duelling crises. Compassion fatigue, vicarious trauma, burnout and aspects of supervision and art-based supervision are examined within the contexts of these international concerns.

Origins of translation and simulation in terms of theory and practice: Translation of Muhammad Iqbal's Urdu and Persian poetry in Arabic as a model

Translation has a great importance in the development of human sciences in every age. First, we examine the theories of writers and critics mentioned in the translation and simulation. Translator must know the function of the symbolic language that differs from the metaphors and similes. Translation is the best way to enrich the languages in which the literatures are formulated, which must be in constant contact with what human thought offers, and the writer or translator must take a position of criticism and scrutiny. The translator must not forget that he does not convey the meanings of words only, but also conveys the cultural spirit and emotional life of the era in which these texts were composed. Finally, this article studies the subject of translating the poetry by the poetry and makes the translation of Muhammad Iqbal's poetry from Urdu and Persian into Arabic as a model for studying the translated works of various Arab poet translators as the theory and application, in order to know the extent of the success of the translators in their works. This is a critical study in which the descriptive analytical method is used, which is useful in studying such expressive arts. In this research, the researchers reached this conclusion that the translation of the poetry by the poetry should not be to show the linguistic and artistic prowess, but rather the language used in translation should be a realistic language studies that there are some souls behind the word that must be realized.

Strokes of Strength: An Expressive Arts-based Intervention with Adolescents

In order to explore how adolescents who have been affected by traumaticexperiences would respond to an expressive arts-based intervention, amodule was designed, implemented and its effect on certain behavioraland emotional constructs was evaluated. The sample included 10 femaleadolescents between the ages of 12 and 17 who underwent a 2-month longgroup expressive arts therapy in their institutional home, namely, PrayasJuveline Aid Centre, New Delhi, India. The tools which were used toassess the changes in the pre – post intervention scores in self – reportedbehavioral and emotional difficulties were: The Youth Self Report Form(YSR Form 11-18, CBCL; ASEBA, 2001) and the ‘Severity of Post –Traumatic Stress Scale’ (NSESSS; APA, 2013). The tools used to assessthe changes in the pre – post intervention ratings of the caregiver were,the ‘DSM – 5 Parent / Guardian Rated Level 1 Cross Cutting SymptomMeasure’ (APA, 2013) and the ‘Caregiver’s Observation Checklist:Children at – risk’ (WCCL, 2013). The results revealed that 4-weekexpressive arts -based intervention elicited a statistically significantdifference in the self – reported behavioural and emotional difficultiesby the participants. The verbatim reports, diary excerpts and paintings ofthe participants were qualitatively analysed. In future, there is room toinvestigate how an intervention with a longer duration and a representativesample would explain the effectiveness of expressive – arts-based therapywith such populations.

Music Therapy dan Keterkaitannya dengan Teori Tingkah Laku

Music in Counseling atau Music Therapy merupakan salah satu jenis teknik yang ada di dalam expressive arts therapy, biasanya digunakan oleh konselor di dalam sesi konseling yang sedang berlangsung. Perilaku Maladaptif biasanya ditunjukkan oleh seseorang yang mengalami kesulitan karena tingkah laku yang kurang atau berlebihan dari kelaziman. Hal inilah yang biasanya dapat ditemui di dalam konseling tingkah laku atau berkaitan secara langsung dengan teori tingkah laku yang diciptakan oleh B.F. Skinner (1904-1990). Untuk itu, melalui Music Therapy diharapkan dapat menjadi suatu media yang dapat membantu seorang konselor untuk dapat menangani konseli dengan ciri perilaku maladaptif yang ada di dalam konseling tingkah laku atau teori tingkah laku.

Music Therapy dan Keterkaitannya dengan Teori Tingkah Laku

Music in Counseling atau Music Therapy merupakan salah satu jenis teknik yang ada di dalam expressive arts therapy, biasanya digunakan oleh konselor di dalam sesi konseling yang sedang berlangsung. Perilaku Maladaptif biasanya ditunjukkan oleh seseorang yang mengalami kesulitan karena tingkah laku yang kurang atau berlebihan dari kelaziman. Hal inilah yang biasanya dapat ditemui di dalam konseling tingkah laku atau berkaitan secara langsung dengan teori tingkah laku yang diciptakan oleh B.F. Skinner (1904-1990). Untuk itu, melalui Music Therapy diharapkan dapat menjadi suatu media yang dapat membantu seorang konselor untuk dapat menangani konseli dengan ciri perilaku maladaptif yang ada di dalam konseling tingkah laku atau teori tingkah laku.