Date of Award
5-2024
Document Type
Thesis - Open Access
Degree Name
MS in Dance/Movement Therapy
First Advisor
Elise Risher
Abstract
Retributive tendencies indulge self-protective impulses until they become maladaptive, owing to an individualistic perception of the self as impermeably bounded from the other. Restorative justice however, encourages the experience of intersubjective understanding in service of repairing the social fabric which sustains all people. This perspective engages a collectivist conception of self as inextricably linked with others. Dance/movement therapy is a modality that inherently creates deep intersubjective experiences and is therefore ideally suited to both combat retributive attitudes and facilitate restorative justice.
Recommended Citation
Fisk, Adele, "Healing the Collective Body: An Exploration of Retributive Versus Restorative Attitudes and the Body's Role in Reconciliation" (2024). Dance/Movement Therapy Theses. 111.
https://digitalcommons.slc.edu/dmt_etd/111