Transforming Trauma through an Arts Festival: A Psychosocial Case Study

Bennett, J; Kenning, G; Gitau, L; Moran, R; Wobcke, M

Transforming Trauma through an Arts Festival: A Psychosocial Case Study

Bennett, J Kenning, G

Gitau, L Moran, R Wobcke, M

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Publisher:: MDPI
Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: Social Sciences, 2023, 12, (4)
Issue Date:: 2023-04-01

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Field	Value	Language
dc.contributor.author	Bennett, J
dc.contributor.author	Kenning, G https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3379-9088
dc.contributor.author	Gitau, L
dc.contributor.author	Moran, R
dc.contributor.author	Wobcke, M
dc.date.accessioned	2023-10-16T00:54:02Z
dc.date.available	2023-10-16T00:54:02Z
dc.date.issued	2023-04-01
dc.identifier.citation	Social Sciences, 2023, 12, (4)
dc.identifier.issn	2076-0760
dc.identifier.issn	2076-0760
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/172677
dc.description.abstract	Through a psychosocial lens, informed by relational psychoanalysis, this article discusses the design, delivery, and impact of The Big Anxiety’s 2022 festival in Warwick, Queensland—an arts-based program that engages with lived experiences of trauma, distress, and suicide, and in this case with the devastating impact of youth suicide, disproportionately affecting First Nations communities. It describes the festival’s methods of creative engagement, examining how these create conditions for the transformation of trauma and for experiences of growth.
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	MDPI
dc.relation.ispartof	Social Sciences
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.3390/socsci12040249
dc.rights	info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.subject	16 Studies in Human Society, 18 Law and Legal Studies
dc.subject.classification	44 Human society
dc.subject.classification	48 Law and legal studies
dc.title	Transforming Trauma through an Arts Festival: A Psychosocial Case Study
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.citation.volume	12
utslib.for	16 Studies in Human Society
utslib.for	18 Law and Legal Studies
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences/School of Communication
utslib.copyright.status	open_access	*
dc.date.updated	2023-10-16T00:54:01Z
pubs.issue	4
pubs.publication-status	Published
pubs.volume	12
utslib.citation.issue	4

Abstract:

Through a psychosocial lens, informed by relational psychoanalysis, this article discusses the design, delivery, and impact of The Big Anxiety’s 2022 festival in Warwick, Queensland—an arts-based program that engages with lived experiences of trauma, distress, and suicide, and in this case with the devastating impact of youth suicide, disproportionately affecting First Nations communities. It describes the festival’s methods of creative engagement, examining how these create conditions for the transformation of trauma and for experiences of growth.

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