A Re-Turn to Place-based Practice of the Arts for Lifelong Learning and Creativity

DOI

10.2991/soshec-19.2019.74How to use a DOI?

Keywords

arts; place-based practice; lifelong learning; cultural creativity

Abstract

Every day we face familiar and new situations that require us to make a choice about the direction one wants to take. But, if one does not know where one is coming from or needs to go, too many turns can lead to disorientation. These days, we also face the predicament of choosing whether to make a decision based on the actual reality of one’s body-mind ‘thinking’ or to join the crowd and follow the virtual reality of ‘smart’ technology. This paper begins by looking at the notion of a ‘turn’ from the perspective of dance/movement and within the social sciences and humanities. Secondly, it takes up why place-based practice of the arts is increasingly important for people of all ages in the twenty-first century. Finally, it hopes to encourage confidence in prioritizing art-making as a lifelong learning process for the flourishing of cultural creativity.

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© 2019, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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