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Neurobiology, empathy and social cognition: the potential benefits of theatre in traumatised communities
Includes abstract.
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2015
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| author | Galley, Adrian |
| author2 | Barnes, Hazel |
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| spelling | oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/12004 Neurobiology, empathy and social cognition: the potential benefits of theatre in traumatised communities Galley, Adrian Barnes, Hazel Fleishman, Mark Drama Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references. The ubiquity of technology enables unprecedented contact between people, yet it neglects essential face-to-face communion; e-mail, text-messaging and even social media strip away the metadata of our interpersonal communications; the emotional cues and clues that are a necessary part of everyday social interaction. At the same time, the relentless densification of urban populations enforces proximity among strangers, with routine encounters increasingly bereft of emotional nourishment. The affective numbing that ensues shares many characteristics of post-traumatic stress disorder. The current study explores how exposure to theatre may help to maintain the emotional health of individuals alienated by the stresses of 21st century urban living; moreover, it examines how performance is able to facilitate emotional and social healing in post-conflict communities. 2015-01-10T13:39:43Z 2015-01-10T13:39:43Z 2012 Master Thesis Masters MA http://hdl.handle.net/11427/12004 eng application/pdf Department of Drama Faculty of Humanities University of Cape Town |
| spellingShingle | Drama Galley, Adrian Neurobiology, empathy and social cognition: the potential benefits of theatre in traumatised communities |
| thesis_degree_str | Master's |
| title | Neurobiology, empathy and social cognition: the potential benefits of theatre in traumatised communities |
| title_full | Neurobiology, empathy and social cognition: the potential benefits of theatre in traumatised communities |
| title_fullStr | Neurobiology, empathy and social cognition: the potential benefits of theatre in traumatised communities |
| title_full_unstemmed | Neurobiology, empathy and social cognition: the potential benefits of theatre in traumatised communities |
| title_short | Neurobiology, empathy and social cognition: the potential benefits of theatre in traumatised communities |
| title_sort | neurobiology empathy and social cognition the potential benefits of theatre in traumatised communities |
| topic | Drama |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/12004 |
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