How Do You Play When You’re Prey? A Personal Exploration into Black Creative Healing

Natasha Thomas

doi:10.15845/voices.v21i1.3154

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Natasha Thomas Music Therapy, Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI), USA

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https://doi.org/10.15845/voices.v21i1.3154

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Negritud, creatividad, diáspora africana, cuidado comunitario, autoetnografía, investigación basada en las artes

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La creatività è intrinseca nella cultura dell'America nera. Le nostre storie e lotte come membri della diaspora africana minoritaria, sono registrate e tramandate in canzoni e storie, in movimento e modello. Siamo - e siamo stati - i creatori di una cultura in evoluzione che è simultaneamente sottovalutata e desiderata dalla cultura dominante. Questa cultura pone minacce reali e pressanti sulle nostre vite e sui nostri mezzi di sussistenza, poiché siamo consumati e sfruttati fino al punto di essere cancellati; eppure continuiamo a creare. Ma perché? Che cos'è la creatività per i neri americani che vivono in una società così predatrice? E come faccio, in quanto creativo nero e minoritario, a occuparmene in una professione di guarigione? Come giochi quando sei preda? Queste domande costituiscono la base per un'esplorazione euristica in un progetto di video blog intitolato "Black Creative Healing", in cui i creativi neri vengono registrati mentre conversano e collaborano su concetti relativi a Nerezza, Creatività e processi di Guarigione. Attraverso l'analisi artistica di passate collaborazioni, disponibili pubblicamente su Youtube, indagherò le mie motivazioni, ispirazioni e ostacoli al processo creativo come guaritore Nero. Interrogherò le direzioni e le intenzioni messe a nudo dai miei sforzi creativi, e cercherò di definire un ethos centrale attraverso il quale altri creativi Neri possano trovarsi guardati e incoraggiati, nell'interesse di trovare l'equilibrio tra il "me" che è - ed è stato - preda, e il "me" che ha sempre conosciuto - ed è stato conosciuto per – il gioco.

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Natasha Thomas, Music Therapy, Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI), USA

Natasha Thomas, PhD is a Board Certified Music Therapist (MT-BC) and Assistant Professor at Indiana University Purdue University at Indianapolis (IUPUI). She serves on the steering committee of the Black Music Therapists Network (BMTN) and co-facilitates the BMTN sponsored podcast “Black Creative Healing” with Adenike Webb. Natasha is also serving with Marisol Norris as co-editor of an upcoming special issue from the Journal of Music Therapy on equity & justice. Natasha is a committed advocate for creative & culturally sustaining support for marginalized communities. Her current research focus involves Black creativity, particularly identity construction and community care. Natasha’s research and clinical work are inclusive of emerging technology, as well as the perspectives of disability and queer identities, and the unique ways those perspectives and resources can intersect to impact quality of life, identity construction and meaning making.

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¿Cómo juegas cuando eres presa?

Una exploración personal de la curación creativa negra

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