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- Title
Carnivalesque Therapeutic Arts And Self-Inquiry: African Holistic Dance And Music As Catalysts For Critical Thinking In Education And Personal Development.
- Authors
Brathwaite, Terrence Wendell
- Abstract
This article integrates the '(neuro) scientific' with the 'folkloric' in Caribbean Carnivalesque Therapeutic Arts, and asserts that the innate African holistic Dances and Musical constructs can be effectively employed as healing interventions for self-inquiry or critical thinking in education and personal development. It thus explores the two critical thought modes - ratiocinating (logical intelligence) and feeling (emotional intelligence), through four junctures. First, a brief introduction sets the scene by examining the Ubuntugogical genesis and magnitude of African holistic Dance and Music as Integrated Dance Movement Psychotherapy (IDMP), using the Trinidad Carnival as a cross-cultural point of reference. Section two takes stock of the small but growing international literature on African holistic Dance and Music expressly from a Multicultural Medical perspective, thereby underlining the need for this literary contribution to the socially interactive fields of African Therapeutic Arts. Section three is the main part of the chapter, presenting the conceptual framework for African holistic Dance and Music as well as the qualitative methods and the findings of scientific studies undertaken, that attempt to promote these healing arts as Ubuntugogical agents of critical thinking within the educational context. Finally, the conclusion will clarify the need for further research and exploration of the healing wisdom of African Dance and Music in the post-colonial African Diasporic and Global North Atlantic education system.
- Publication
Journal of Pan African Studies, 2017, Vol 10, Issue 4, p65
- ISSN
0888-6601
- Publication type
Academic Journal