January 2011
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Reflections in Movement: A Synthesis of the Dance...
Feb. 12, 2009
An exploratory response paper on my brief personal and academic experiences with the subject of dance therapy.
“Reflections in Movement: A Synthesis of the Dance Therapy Experience”
Motion, flow, free expression and internal rhythm: all are elements of dance, an art form where the body is foremost, and the mind is second to the spirit. Yet if the mind is so far...
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Media as the Fourth Estate.
Nov., 2010
An essay on the media as a social and political force, as well as an entity in investigative journalism and mass media consumption in Ghana.
“Media as the Fourth Estate; Mr. A. A. Anas, Investigative Journalist.”
While selecting courses in the middle of winter for this study abroad semester in Ghana, I recall looking at the course description of this course. One line in...
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Psychological Effects of Poverty on Children in...
Running Head: POVERTY A Research and Applied Perspective on the Psychological Effects of Poverty on Children of Modern Indian Society Yasmin Ogale Senior Project Apr. 18, 2008
According to the standards set by the World Bank in 1990, global poverty is defined by an income level of $2 a day or less, and extreme poverty at $1 a day or less (ThinkQuest Team, 2006). However, from a more...
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Creative Therapies.
Could alternative creative therapies be the answer to some stresses?
Click the hyperlinks to go explore the alternative therapy in more detail.
ART THERAPY
DRAMA THERAPY
MUSIC THERAPY
DANCE THERAPY
PLAY THERAPY
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Music Therapy Synthesis
Feb. 26, 2009
A synthesis of how music can be used a healing tool and means of alternative, creative therapy.
Music is the language that transcends borders. It is common to all, and understood by all. But music has the ability to surpass more than just cultural or geographic divides. Rather, the melodies and harmonies are able to transcend the mind, the body and the spirit, and connect them...
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An Artistic Revolution
March 12, 2009
Beginning with the narrative of a self-portrait, this essay explores the theory of art therapy as an academic synthesis.
“An Artistic Revolution”
“La la la la la. Here I am, look at me. It’s okay, c’mon, you can smile along. Yea, I am not really sure what’s there to laugh about either, but we can always find something. Yup, life is never really giggle free. There’s always a...
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Tempestual Therapy
winter, 2010
An exploration of ‘space’ in drama therapy, using Shakespeare’s “The Tempest” as a spring board.
To be published in “The British Association of Dramatherapists,” Journal.
Tempestual Therapy:
A Shakespearean Lesson In The School Of Therapy, On The Topography Of The Dramatic Arts.
Never have I studied The Tempest before: never have I...
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The Unmarketed Economy.
In Accra, Ghana, markets are the one-stop-shop for locals and visitors alike, but that does not necessarily mean one-price-fits-all. Bias, at a micro-level, abounds, and could mean difficulties for the economy of the developing nation.
Accra’s Kaneshie Market is a three-story complex: bright yellow and jaundiced. A mammoth among markets, micro-economics swarms within. It is infested with...