Prospects of photographic self-portrait as a therapeutical aid for women victims of gender violence: a workshop´s experience

This article reviews and analyses the experience of the project “Right to See and Create Myself: a Self-Portrait and Identity Workshop for Women”. This project was executed in Valdivia, Chile, and focused on women victims of gender-based violence. Together, we worked issues as their bodies and self-...

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Main Author: Alejandra Zolezzi Vera
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidad Complutense de Madrid 2014-04-01
Series:Arteterapia
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Online Access:http://revistas.ucm.es/index.php/ARTE/article/view/44436
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description This article reviews and analyses the experience of the project “Right to See and Create Myself: a Self-Portrait and Identity Workshop for Women”. This project was executed in Valdivia, Chile, and focused on women victims of gender-based violence. Together, we worked issues as their bodies and self-conscience, intertwined with expression and creativity, process which lead to the creation and exposition of self-portraits. As some results, we could appreciate visible changes in self-esteem and self-concept, the foundation of support networks within the group, and positive statements concerning happiness and a better well-being
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spelling doaj-art-4f4a822f3e5b43cf9c070dbeec7d3ef92025-08-20T02:00:46ZengUniversidad Complutense de MadridArteterapia1886-61901988-83092014-04-0180456010.5209/rev_ARTE.2013.v8.4443643019Prospects of photographic self-portrait as a therapeutical aid for women victims of gender violence: a workshop´s experienceAlejandra Zolezzi Vera0Universidad Católica de ChileThis article reviews and analyses the experience of the project “Right to See and Create Myself: a Self-Portrait and Identity Workshop for Women”. This project was executed in Valdivia, Chile, and focused on women victims of gender-based violence. Together, we worked issues as their bodies and self-conscience, intertwined with expression and creativity, process which lead to the creation and exposition of self-portraits. As some results, we could appreciate visible changes in self-esteem and self-concept, the foundation of support networks within the group, and positive statements concerning happiness and a better well-beinghttp://revistas.ucm.es/index.php/ARTE/article/view/44436arteterapiaautorretrato fotográficoescritura creativaviolencia de géneroautoconciencia corporal.
spellingShingle Alejandra Zolezzi Vera
Prospects of photographic self-portrait as a therapeutical aid for women victims of gender violence: a workshop´s experience
Arteterapia
arteterapia
autorretrato fotográfico
escritura creativa
violencia de género
autoconciencia corporal.
title Prospects of photographic self-portrait as a therapeutical aid for women victims of gender violence: a workshop´s experience
title_full Prospects of photographic self-portrait as a therapeutical aid for women victims of gender violence: a workshop´s experience
title_fullStr Prospects of photographic self-portrait as a therapeutical aid for women victims of gender violence: a workshop´s experience
title_full_unstemmed Prospects of photographic self-portrait as a therapeutical aid for women victims of gender violence: a workshop´s experience
title_short Prospects of photographic self-portrait as a therapeutical aid for women victims of gender violence: a workshop´s experience
title_sort prospects of photographic self portrait as a therapeutical aid for women victims of gender violence a workshop´s experience
topic arteterapia
autorretrato fotográfico
escritura creativa
violencia de género
autoconciencia corporal.
url http://revistas.ucm.es/index.php/ARTE/article/view/44436
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