Kinesthetic Empathy in Creative and Cultural Practices

Edited by Dee Reynolds

Publication date:

15 July 2012

Publisher

Intellect Books

Dimensions:

229x178mm
7x9"

ISBN-13: 9781841504919

A key interdisciplinary concept in our understanding of social interaction across creative and cultural practices, kinesthetic empathy describes the ability to experience empathy merely by observing the movements of another human being. Encouraging readers to sidestep the methodological and disciplinary boundaries associated with the arts and sciences, Kinesthetic Empathy in Creative and Cultural Practices offers innovative and critical perspectives on topics ranging from art to sport, film to physical therapy.

Foreword – Amelia Jones

Introduction – Dee Reynolds and Matthew Reason

Part I: Mirroring Movements: Empathy and Social Interactions

Introduction – Dee Reynolds

Chapter 1: Knowing Me, Knowing You: Autism, Kinesthetic Empathy and Applied Performance – Nicola Shaughnessy

Chapter 2: Kinesthetic Empathy and Movement Metaphor in Dance Movement Psychotherapy – Bonnie Meekums

Chapter 3: Affective Responses to Everyday Actions – Amy E. Hayes and Steven P. Tipper

Part II: Kinesthetic Engagement: Embodied Responses and Intersubjectivity

Introduction – Dee Reynolds

Chapter 4: Cinematic Empathy: Spectator Involvement in the Film Experience – Adriano D’Aloia

Chapter 5: Musical Group Interaction, Intersubjectivity and Merged Subjectivity – Tal-Chen Rabinowitch, Ian Cross and Pamela Burnard

Chapter 6: Kinesthetic Empathy and the Dance’s Body: From Emotion to Affect – Dee Reynolds

Part III: Kinesthetic Impact: Performance and Embodied Engagement

Introduction – Matthew Reason

Chapter 7: Kinesthetic Empathy in Charlie Chaplin’s Silent Films – Guillemette Bolens

Chapter 8: Effort and Empathy: Engaging with Film Performance – Lucy Fife Donaldson

Chapter 9: Breaking the Distance: Empathy and Ethical Awareness in Performance – Rose Parekh-Gaihede

Part IV: Artistic Enquiries: Kinesthetic Empathy and Practice-Based Research

Introduction – Matthew Reason

Chapter 10: Re-Thinking Stillness: Empathetic Experiences of Stillness in Performance and Sculpture – Victoria Gray

Chapter 11: Empathy and Exchange: Audience Experiences of Scenography – Joslin McKinney

Chapter 12: Photography and the Representation of Kinesthetic Empathy – Matthew Reason, with photographs by Chris Nash

Part V: Technological Practices: Kinesthetic Empathy in Virtual and Interactive Environments

Introduction – Dee Reynolds

Chapter 13: T he Poetics of Motion Capture and Visualisation Techniques: The Differences between Watching Real and Virtual Dancing Bodies – Sarah Whatley

Chapter 14: Interactive Multimedia Performance and the Audience’s Experience of Kinesthetic Empathy – Brian Knoth

Chapter 15: Kinesthetic Empathy Interaction: Exploring the Concept of Psychomotor Abilities and Kinesthetic Empathy in Designing Interactive Sports Equipment – Maiken Hillerup Fogtmann

Conclusion – Dee Reynolds and Matthew Reason

'I have found this a really inspirational book, with wide implications for my own work in Applied Drama.' – David Grant, Lecturer in Drama & Director of Education at Queen's University

'A highly stimulating prompt to consider forms of 'non-discursive' knowledge' – Simon Parry for New Theatre Quarterly

'The book offers a progressive awareness of how kinesthetic empathy can evolve varied disciplines' – Theatre Research International, Ananda Breed

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