Date of Award
12-17-2016
Degree Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Art in Dance/Movement Therapy and Counseling (MA)
Department
Creative Arts Therapies
First Advisor
Imus, Susan
Second Advisor
Downey, Laura
Third Advisor
Brown, Andrea
Keywords
dance/movement therapy, New Delhi, India, acculturation, cultural adaptation, culture, kinesthetic experience, emotion, belief
Abstract
This auto-ethnographic study explored how embodied cultural knowledge impacts my work as a dance/movement therapy intern, practicing in a culture different from my own. As the sole participant in the study, I am a 23 year old female, international student at Columbia College Chicago. I am originally from New Delhi, India and moved to the United States to pursue my Master’s degree. My dance/movement therapy internship was at a high school in the Northwest region of Chicago, United States. This qualitative study included data collection methods of journaling, art making and creating a movement narrative over a period of eight weeks, between March 2016 and April 2016. The data collected through artwork and journaling were analyzed using intuitive analysis, and the data collected through creating a movement narrative were analyzed using narrative analysis. 84 pages.
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Recommended Citation
Mishra, Akanksha, "Body Beyond Boundaries: An Auto-Ethnography On My Embodied Culture In My Work as a Dance/Movement Therapy Intern Practicing In Another Culture" (2016). Creative Arts Therapies Theses. 77.
https://digitalcommons.colum.edu/theses_dmt/77