Open AccessTeater som danning i helseprofesjonene
Author(s) -
Wigdis Helen Sæther,
Jan Inge Sørbø,
Eva Gjengedal,
Else Lykkeslet
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
nordisk tidsskrift for helseforskning
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1891-2982
pISSN - 1504-3614
DOI - 10.7557/14.3776
Subject(s) - bildung , explication , experiential learning , dementia , epistemology , narrative , sociology , aesthetics , psychology , psychoanalysis , pedagogy , philosophy , medicine , linguistics , disease , pathology
Theater as `bildung` in the health professionsHealthcare workers who watch a theatre play about dementia, gain experiential knowledge about living with dementia. In this essay we discuss the nature of this knowledge in light of the concept of bildung. This discussion hinges on the Gadamers explication of the close ties between understanding (verstehen) and bildung. Theatre as an art form can yield insights into narratives of otherness and may trigger reflection of one’s own experiences and thus, provide opportunities for bildung