Narrative poetics of resistance : Towards an aesthetics of engagement
Year: 2014
Type: dissertation
Abstract: My dissertation describes the multiple philosophical, theological and theoretical influences, relationships, and enchantments which ultimately inspired the co-creation of innovative, nontraditional, practices within a residential program for young persons’ struggling with substance use dilemmas in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, known as Peak House. These influences, relationships and enchantments additionally, over the course of about forty-five years, generalize and migrate into all of my therapeutic and pedagogical, collaborative and relational practices. Over time, I came to refer to my practice as a poetics of resistance (Sanders, 1999, 2007) and have referred to the overall aesthetics of such a practice as being a narrative poetics, largely in recognition of the considerable influence of ideas flowing from Michael White and David Epston, beginning with their first publications (White & Epston, 1989, 1990), and continuing to this day.
Author: Cody J. Sanders
Language: English
Subfield: Clinical Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2567464601