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Alfonso Santarpia

2 papers in the library · 1 citation · publishing 2018-2023

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Eliciting awe in the spectator: The case of a Dhrupad-based dance performance

International Journal of Transpersonal Studies April 26, 2023 Alfonso Santarpia, Andrée Martin, Armando Menicacci et al. 1 citation

This paper describes “Kalos, eîdos, skopeîn,” an immersive Dhrupad-based dance installation designed to elicit feelings of awe in the spectators, in a real-life artistic context. This study used a mixed-methods approach in order to explore spectators’ awe experience (N=45), using specific scales and interpretative phenomenological analysis. Results suggested that “Kalos, eîdos, skopeîn,” with...

The Narrative Effects of Shamanic Mythology in Palliative Care

Journal of Humanistic Psychology May 28, 2018 Alfonso Santarpia, T. Ricci, Glenn Meuche et al.

We make meaning of disease, suffering, and death through narrative, by telling a story. In a therapeutic narrative approach, this article explores the influence of shamanic intervention in psycho-oncology. This qualitative study seeks to present the narrative effects of detailed shamanic sessions (the use of the drum and telling and interpreting visions according to the shamanic mythology) in...