2014 August News International Journal of the Creative Arts in Interdisciplinary Practice IJCAIP

International Journal of the Creative Arts in Interdisciplinary Practice IJCAIP E/News, August 2014

 

August 2014 News Update

Creative Arts in Humane Medicine, Brush Education, (dist. University of Toronto Press)

The book Creative Arts in Humane Medicine, edited by Cheryl  McLean, a project of IJCAIP and published by Brush Education (dist. by University of Toronto Press)  was released in January.  We were pleased to include a foreword in the book contributed by The American Medical Students' Association.  Described by Dr. Michael Gordon, Medical Program Director of Palliative Care, Baycrest Geriatric Health Care, Toronto, as a "must read for those responsible for medical education", the book, recently reviewed by Hektoen International, Journal of the Medical Humanities, Chicago  has been well received  internationally with reviews upcoming in 2014  from The Canadian Medical Association Journal CMAJ  and The South African Medical Journal SAMJ.  The book was recently featured in The Arts Health Institute, Australia journal/magazine, "spoonful" a leading new international magazine in the arts and health field.

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Update on Keynotes 2014 Alberta Psychiatric Association, Acadia School of Education

Alberta Psychiatric Association Annual Conference 2014, Rimrock Hotel, Banff Alberta

Living Stories of Hope and Change, Role of the Creative Arts in Healthcare and Physician Wellness

How can the creative arts and story bring about change and contribute to physician wellness?  How can creative arts in research and action  help enhance practice offering us new ways to communicate and empathize with client experience?  A recent keynote for psychiatrists sought to address these questions while demonstrating the creative arts in action in mental health.  See a transcript of highlights from this keynote.  Visit the Alberta Medical Association website for more information about this presentation.

 

School of Education, Summer Conference 2014, Acadia University, Nova Scotia

Navigating the Tides of Challenge and Change with The Creative Arts in Research and Practice

How do we engage today's teachers and educational leaders  in contemporary thinking that positions creativity at the centre of curriculum?    How can today's educators help offer solutions and navigate the tides of challenge and change in their own communities with creative arts in research and practice?  In a keynote address July 2014  for 200 students and faculty around the topic of Creative Professionalism in Education, this keynote examined problems of local concern while proposing creative solutions for change.  See complete transcript of the keynote Navigating Tides of Challenge and Change with Creative Arts in Research and Practice.    

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Courses 2014

I was invited this summer  to teach the course Problems in Education, Research in Creativity at Acadia University (MEd Curriculum Studies).  The course was designed to introduce creative arts in research and interdisciplinary practice relating to education and social needs and change in schools and/or communities and drawing on the research texts Creative Arts in Interdisciplinary Practice, Inquiries for Hope and Change and Creative Arts in Research for Community and Cultural Change for illustrative examples in practice.  Information CherylMcLean@ijcaip.com

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Upcoming Issues of IJCAIP Journal

 

Planning for the next issue of IJCAIP Journal is underway around the topic of alternative approaches in medical education and practitioner health and wellness.  Expected publication date November 2014.

 

For information contact:  Cheryl L. McLean  CherylMcLean@ijcaip.com

Publisher,  International Journal of the Creative Arts in Interdisciplinary Practice, Editor CAIP Research Series
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http://www.CherylMcLean.com

London, Ontario, Canada.

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Advance Reviews Creative Arts in Humane Medicine October 2013

October 5, 2013

We are pleased to share with you the following advance reviews for the book, "Creative Arts in Humane Medicine". 

Cheryl McLean's Creative Arts in Humane Medicine is a fascinating collection of essays that evocatively illustrates the importance of literature, music, photography, and art in facilitating self-care and awareness among health care providers, training empathetic physicians, and improving patient care.

Martin Donohoe, MD, FACP -- Author of Public Health and Social Justice (2013)

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Creative Arts in Humane Medicine is a graceful and important book that offers a groundbreaking, inspiriting engagement with issues such as empathy, empowerment, ethics and evidence, explored by a rich cast of inter-professional authors such as artists, educators, clinicians, and researchers. Through a collage of creative arts methods and messages, these authors illuminate the essence of the “human story of health care” as loving, healing and humanly embodied—an essential message in an era of highly institutionalized technical health care. A must read for academics, researchers, clinicians, and students interested in creative healing arts, narrative health and humane medicine, or for anyone interested in the application of reflection and curiosity, creative expression and arts-based methods to the field of healthcare.

Sue MacRae -- Registered Nurse, Clinical Ethicist, Psychotherapist, Former Deputy Director, University of Toronto Joint Centre for Bioethics

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Some have said that medicine, rather than being a science, is really an interactive process. It is informed by science but also dependent on psychology, sociology, philosophy, law and human creativity. McLean’s book should be a must read for those responsible for medical education...so that in the end the human connection between healers and those they heal is enhanced.

Michael Gordon MD, MSc, FRCPC -- Medical Program Director, Palliative Care, Baycrest Geriatric Health Care System; Professor of Medicine, University of Toronto

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Creative Arts in Humane Medicine takes us on a fascinating journey to meet the educators, clinicians, support workers and artists who apply arts-based methods in innovative ways to enhance patient care, reflexivity in learners and a sense of community, and well-being in practitioners. The book stands out with an emphasis on multiple media (theater, music, visual and digital imagery, literature and reflective writing), as well as the inclusion of international and interprofessional perspectives.

Allan D. Peterkin, MD, FRCPC, FCFP -- Head, Health, Arts and Humanities Program and Humanities Lead, Undergraduate Medical Education, University of Toronto

Playbuilding as Qualitative Research Links Methods with hands on Practice

New Book Reviews

"In Playbuilding as Qualitative Research Joe Norris has created a book that demonstrates the educator’s passion while generously sharing practical knowledge in collective playbuilding as qualitative research. A distinctive feature of this book are Norris’s detailed descriptions and process based examples..invaluable for educator, student or practitioner. Drawing on playbuilding and participatory experience as Co-founder and Artistic Director of Mirror Theatre, active and group based illustrations link theory to method effectively showing how collective creation and playbuilding are applied for social change with examples such as ‘Understanding Prejudice Through Mime’ and script examples from the project ‘Respecting Diversity and Preventing Prejudice’, commissioned by The Society for Safe and Caring Schools and Communities, Alberta. This is a topical book for challenging times, a hands on research resource that inspires action. As the creative arts gain momentum as a transitional force for participative change Joe Norris offers in this AERA award winning book the best of his methods to be put to work by researcher or practitioner in arts based qualitative research for social justice and the betterment of communities at home and abroad."

C.L. McLean, Executive Editor, International Journal of The Creative Arts in Interdisciplinary Practice

" This book not only met all the criteria for the [AERA Outstanding Book Award], it exceeded every criteria. Norris bridges arts-based research, qualitative research, and playbuilding grounded in rich theories and create dialogue for various social justice issues. The committee members exclaimed not only about the accessibility, utility of this book, but the ways in which this book challenged our thinking, made us imagine how the audience participation might look like at the end of the scenes and the fertile ground for much needed dialoguing.... Congratulations Joe Norris. "

- American Educational Research Association

"Joe Norris' book 'Playbuilding as Qualitative Research' is an outstanding resource for students and researchers interested in dramatic approaches to social research as well as arts-based inquiry more generally. It is extremely well-researched, accessibly written, and overflowing with robust examples that draw readers in. A gem!"

- Patricia Leavy, Stonehill College

"There have long been gaps and questions in the story of how group constructed performance pieces and playbuilding actually become part of an accessible route towards valid qualitative research in theater. Joe Norris reclaims the voice of the theater practitioner in this latest addition to the Developing Qualitative Inquiry series. In Playbuilding as Qualitative Research he expertly guides the reader through the theory, techniques and experience of this participatory research approach in a way which will open the genre to the many, many theatre and arts practitioners who will be able to better join the dots between their own teaching and practice and its potential contribution as research."

- Jim Mienczakowski, Abu Dhabi Education Council

"Devising and performing theatrical work are sometimes perceived by non-practitioners as mysterious and elusive processes. But Joe Norris\'s Playbuilding as Qualitative Research accessibly documents the empirically-grounded and socially-conscious productions of Canada\'s renowned Mirror Theatre for a broad readership in the communities of education, sociology, social work, human communication, film and media production, and the arts. Norris persuasively makes the case for playbuilding as a genre of qualitative research that adheres to the principle tenets of inquiry in which art-based research and research-informed art are collaborative, emergent, data-driven, relevant, and ethical acts for audiences\' social concerns and needs. Joe Norris\'s rigorous scholarship and sensitivity to lived experience weave together to present an engaging narrative of how qualitative researchers--not just theatre artists--can elegantly dramatize the salient issues of our lives for community reflection and action. "

- Johnny Saldaña, Arizona State University

Seeking Book Reviews, Creative Arts in Interdisciplinary Practice

Creative Arts in Interdisciplinary Practice, Inquiries for Hope and Change, Editor Cheryl L. McLean, Associate Editor Robert Kelly, Publisher Detselig Temeron Press, Calgary was released in August 2010. Since its release, the book has been purchased by educators, students and professionals across Canada, the U.S., Australia and Europe. If you have purchased a copy of this book and would like to submit a book review contact IJCAIP, International Journal of The Creative Arts in Interdisciplinary Practice office by email at CherylMcLean@ijcaip.com. A number of these reviews will be published in the next issue of The International Journal of the Creative Arts in Interdisciplinary Practice IJCAIP, the international open access journal of the creative arts in interdisciplinary practice @ http://www.ijcaip.com and on our IJCAIP blogs.

Canadian Creative Arts in Health, Training and Education Journal (CCAHTE) New Book Review Policy

An open letter to authors, editors and publishers from Cheryl McLean, publisher ,The Canadian Creative Arts in Health, Training and Education Journal (CCAHTE)


I am pleased at the number of requests we receive weekly at The Canadian Creative Arts in Health, Training and Education Journal (CCAHTE) from authors, editors and publishers requesting book reviews.

At CCAHTE we receive hundreds of requests for book reviews. As we are so frequently approached to review many excellent new books and texts related to the creative arts in health, training and education , and our limited schedules cannot accommodate all of the requests we receive, we have developed a new policy with regard to book reviews.


1. first step, you will be asked to read this post.

2. next, send us a synopsis about your book to ccahte@cmclean.com and link us to any news about it. A sample chapter would be ideal.

3. Based on the synopsis you could be asked to send your book directly to the CCAHTE Office.

A payment by certified cheque or money order of $100 to cover administrative costs should be sent with your package.

C. McLean, Publisher CCAHTE Journal
c/o 165 Huntington Cr.
Dorchester, Ontario
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Once we receive your book we will complete a formal book review. The review will be published in our upcoming CCAHTE, Canadian Creative Arts in Health, Training and Education Journal issue in our book review section.

In addition, we will also arrange to publish a summary post about your book at the Arts and Health "Crossing Borders" BLOG at ccahtecrossingborders.blogspot.com. Our blog is accessed daily by international visitors specifically interested in our interdisciplinary field.

Why do we charge a fee for reviews? We are an open access journal available and accessible free worldwide and we do not charge for subscriber memberships or subscriptions. Services such as reviews help sustain our publishing operations.

Background for Editors and Publishers:

Established March 06, CCAHTE Journal is the Canadian based international and interdisciplinary open access, peer reviewed journal of the creative arts in health, training and education. Our ongoing mission is to disseminate quality information and research about the creative arts in action and practice in health, training and education. In addition to our qualified network of professional subscribers, CCAHTE, The Canadian Creative Arts in Health, Training and Education Journal, is accessible worldwide and is listed with DOAJ , the internationally recognized directory of academic open access journals.

Our CCAHTE Journal Advisory Board is made up of leading scholars, educators, healthcare professionals and scientists as well as artist/researchers active in the arts, health, training and education.

Who accesses CCAHTE Journal?
Among our "by request" subscribers are physicians, psychiatrists, social scientists, researchers, academics, nurse educators, activists, dramatists, visual artists, music and dance therapists, professional musicians, teachers, adult educators, social workers, mental health professionals, counselors, chaplains, therapists, students as well as those involved in education, health policy and social change... our subscribers also represent universities, schools of education, colleges, leading medical schools, hospitals and health organizations in Canada the U.S. and internationally.
Thanks sincerely to all of you for your interest in CCAHTE Journal. It is very encouraging to know so many new books are being written about the creative arts in health, training and education. This I believe is another important indication demonstrating the worldwide interest in the work in action and practice.

Thanks all and hope you are enjoying these precious summer days in August,

Cheryl McLean, Publisher CCAHTE Journal

Canadian Creative Arts in Health, Training and Education Journal

The Canadian based, international and interdisciplinary open access peer reviewed journal of the creative arts in health, training and education.