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Transforming Trauma through an Arts Festival: A Psychosocial Case Study

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  • Jill Bennett

    (Big Anxiety Research Centre (BARC), University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia)

  • Gail Kenning

    (Big Anxiety Research Centre (BARC), University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia)

  • Lydia Gitau

    (Big Anxiety Research Centre (BARC), University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia)

  • Rebecca Moran

    (Big Anxiety Research Centre (BARC), University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia)

  • Marianne Wobcke

    (Big Anxiety Research Centre (BARC), University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia)

Abstract

Through a psychosocial lens, informed by relational psychoanalysis, this article discusses the design, delivery, and impact of The Big Anxiety’s 2022 festival in Warwick, Queensland—an arts-based program that engages with lived experiences of trauma, distress, and suicide, and in this case with the devastating impact of youth suicide, disproportionately affecting First Nations communities. It describes the festival’s methods of creative engagement, examining how these create conditions for the transformation of trauma and for experiences of growth.

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  • Jill Bennett & Gail Kenning & Lydia Gitau & Rebecca Moran & Marianne Wobcke, 2023. "Transforming Trauma through an Arts Festival: A Psychosocial Case Study," Social Sciences, MDPI, vol. 12(4), pages 1-14, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jscscx:v:12:y:2023:i:4:p:249-:d:1127759
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    1. Lynn Froggett & Jill Bennett, 2023. "Aesthetic Enactment: Engagement with Art Evoking Traumatic Loss," Social Sciences, MDPI, vol. 12(8), pages 1-15, August.
    2. Jill Bennett & Gail Kenning & Marianne Wobcke & Lydia Gitau, 2023. "Connecting Us Back to Ourselves: Aesthetic Experience as a Means to Growth after Trauma," Social Sciences, MDPI, vol. 13(1), pages 1-14, December.

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