An embodied methodology for site-specific transpersonal research in the arts
Margaret Kerr, Joseph Pamphilon
Journal of Dance & Somatic Practices December 1, 2023 DOI: 10.1386/jdsp_00112_1 (opens in new tab)
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AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Theoretical or philosophical paper Peer reviewed |
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| Key points | Proposes a methodology and theoretical foundation for practice-based transpersonal research in the arts, arguing that immersive engagement with place and matter enables the artist-researcher to move beyond the conscious mind and let work emerge from felt experience and bodily interaction with a place's materiality. |
Abstract
This article proposes a methodology and theoretical foundation for practice-based transpersonal research in the arts, which involves an immersive engagement with place and matter. This kind of engagement allows the artist-researcher to move beyond their conscious mind, to let work emerge directly from the felt experience of being in an outdoor location and from the interaction of the place’s materiality with the artist’s body. The model is interdisciplinary and draws on Nagotomo’s Attunement through the Body (1992), the theoretical literature of parapsychology, somatic practice and and others’ writings on Indigenous methodologies.