Fryer, Nic (2022) Hope and Helplessness in the Post-Covid Drama, Theatre and Performance Classroom. In: TaPRA, 12-14 September 2022, University of Essex.
Type of Research: | Conference, Symposium or Workshop Item |
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Creators: | Fryer, Nic |
Description: | In this paper I’m interested in considering how we configure the notion of a group or a social body after a pandemic where groups have been a source of fear (due to the risk of illness) or illegality (due to limitations on social interaction). I will suggest that the difficulties for many led to a sense of helplessness. However I will attempt to articulate hope in these times. I will do this by engaging with a theory that originates from group psychoanalysis, Earl Hopper’s notion of the ‘fourth basic assumption’ of a group. Through gaining an understanding of how a group engages with the unexpressed pain and difficulty of a social moment, I argue, lies the possibility of hope, change and transformation. I will conclude by considering briefly how these ideas might be applied to the group of the drama, theatre and performance classroom. |
Official Website: | http://tapra.org/ |
Keywords/subjects not otherwise listed: | Psychoanalysis |
Your affiliations with UAL: | Colleges > Wimbledon College of Arts |
Date: | 12 September 2022 |
Event Location: | University of Essex |
Date Deposited: | 18 Oct 2022 09:47 |
Last Modified: | 18 Oct 2022 09:47 |
Item ID: | 19064 |
URI: | https://ualresearchonline.arts.ac.uk/id/eprint/19064 |
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