Art therapy: Whom does it serve?:
In this part of the chapter the author, Kaplan, asks many questions about art therapy and its involvement with social actions. Kaplan said when writing this book, she had to ask many difficult questions in order to get her point across that art therapy does go with social actions. "Whom or what in society does art therapy privilege or serve? In what ways might art therapy participate in oppressive perspectives and dynamics or marginalization? Does it contain within its practice an examination of its enculturating role as well as processes to mitigate the transmission of ideology and social structure." (pg. 24, Kaplan)
Kaplan discusses how art therapy is a less cultural-bound topic and that there are other social activities that connect to culture more, however she explains that art therapy has shaped the view of art therapies arrangements within cultures origins. If people were not to examine the world's view of social order and art then, without anyone knowing art therapy could reinforce the structures of dominations and support the topics involved in the injustices.
Homophobia as working example:
Kaplan took an example, homophobia, and used it to explain a social action and how art therapy is helping it. Homophobia is the dislike of or prejudice against homosexual people. When homosexuality first became a thing, scientists announced it was an abnormal and a expression of psychopathology thing. Doctors said the people with this should go to a psychiatric facility. In 1987, scientists and doctors announced it was no longer a mental disorder. Homophobia, however, is a social problem and still a problem today. There are social groups that dislike homosexuals and some doctors recommend help for some of the members that have taken their position in disliking the homosexuality to fear. Art therapy is one of the techniques that is used to help the people and connect to them. By doctors using art therapy, they can help the people and also have them reconnect to society and the social problems happening now.
In this part of the chapter the author, Kaplan, asks many questions about art therapy and its involvement with social actions. Kaplan said when writing this book, she had to ask many difficult questions in order to get her point across that art therapy does go with social actions. "Whom or what in society does art therapy privilege or serve? In what ways might art therapy participate in oppressive perspectives and dynamics or marginalization? Does it contain within its practice an examination of its enculturating role as well as processes to mitigate the transmission of ideology and social structure." (pg. 24, Kaplan)
Kaplan discusses how art therapy is a less cultural-bound topic and that there are other social activities that connect to culture more, however she explains that art therapy has shaped the view of art therapies arrangements within cultures origins. If people were not to examine the world's view of social order and art then, without anyone knowing art therapy could reinforce the structures of dominations and support the topics involved in the injustices.
Homophobia as working example:
Kaplan took an example, homophobia, and used it to explain a social action and how art therapy is helping it. Homophobia is the dislike of or prejudice against homosexual people. When homosexuality first became a thing, scientists announced it was an abnormal and a expression of psychopathology thing. Doctors said the people with this should go to a psychiatric facility. In 1987, scientists and doctors announced it was no longer a mental disorder. Homophobia, however, is a social problem and still a problem today. There are social groups that dislike homosexuals and some doctors recommend help for some of the members that have taken their position in disliking the homosexuality to fear. Art therapy is one of the techniques that is used to help the people and connect to them. By doctors using art therapy, they can help the people and also have them reconnect to society and the social problems happening now.
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