Sam D'Cruze
Walking the Tightrope : Humanising Addiction through a Multidisciplinary Art Practice.
Summary
This research delves into the humanisation of addiction through shared experience and explores the unique benefits of art-making in recovery by reflecting on life experience.
The study is committed to widening the conversation nonjudgmentally and respecting all perspectives.
Mindful that micro gestures cumulate into significance, this research considers small solutions to an overwhelming problem.
Engaging in artistic activism, mentorship and artmaking without attachment, I explore how a multidisciplinary art practice facilitates and responds to artmaking that benefits addiction recovery and public participation.
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KEY WORDS
Radical Empathy : Actively striving to understand better and share the feelings of others.
Addiction : 'Addiction is manifested in any behaviour that a person craves, finds temporary relief or pleasure in but suffers negative consequences as a result of, and yet has difficulty giving up. In brief, craving, relief, pleasure, suffering, and impaired control are a return to a normal state of health, mind, or strength.
Recovery : The action or process of regaining possession or control of something stolen or lost.
Humanisation : Humanisation is the act of making something more humane or compassionate. It aims to emphasise empathy, kindness, and understanding in various aspects of life—making something less unpleasant and more suitable for people.
Multivocality : Multivocality in text conjoins multiple voices drawn from several discourses, each with equal expression.
Artistic Activism : A dynamic practice combining the creative power of the arts to move us emotionally with the strategic planning of activism necessary to bring about social change.'
Creative Health : Creating the conditions and opportunities for arts, creativity, and culture to be embedded in public health.
Mentorship : A mentor is someone who teaches or gives help and advice to someone less experienced

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