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Open Disclosures: Learning, Creativity and the Passage of Mental (III) Health
Author(s) -
Sagan Olivia
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
international journal of art and design education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.312
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 1476-8070
pISSN - 1476-8062
DOI - 10.1111/j.1476-8070.2009.01596.x
Subject(s) - creativity , theme (computing) , mental health , psychological resilience , narrative , the arts , psychology , pedagogy , resilience (materials science) , sociology , visual arts , social psychology , psychotherapist , art , physics , literature , computer science , thermodynamics , operating system
This article describes an ongoing research project at the University of the Arts, London, which investigates the learning and creativity of a group of students with mental health difficulties. It discusses emerging findings on one theme, that of motivation. Employing a longitudinal biographic narrative methodology, this research, now entering its second year, has triggered questions regarding the resilience and fortitude of a group of practising, aspiring artists. This article sketches the theoretical background used to explore this resilience and motivation, and draws on the Kleinian concept of reparation as a way to understanding the narrativised yearning for learning and the urge to create.