The Invisible Veil: Changing Paradigms in the Art Therapy Profession

Autor/inn/en	Talwar, Savneet; Iyer, Jayashree; Doby-Copeland, Cheryl
Institution	American Art Therapy Association, Towson, MD.
Titel	The Invisible Veil: Changing Paradigms in the Art Therapy Profession
Quelle	In: Art Therapy Journal of the American Art Therapy Assoc, 21 (2004) 1, (5 Seiten) PDF als Volltext (1); PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei (2) Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0742-1656
Schlagwörter	Minority Groups; Art Therapy; Multicultural Education; Racial Bias; Cultural Pluralism; Ethnocentrism; Higher Education; Curriculum; Student Diversity + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ethnische Minderheit; Kunsttherapie; Multikulturelle Erziehung; Racial discrimination; Rassismus; Kulturpluralismus; Ethnozentrismus; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Curricula; Lehrplan; Rahmenplan
Abstract	According to Sue and Sue (1999), the invisible veil is a worldview which affects all individuals as products of cultural conditioning and which operates outside the level of conscious awareness. Further, they state that the "values, assumptions, beliefs, and practices of our society are structured in a manner as to serve only one narrow segment of the population" (p. 31). Given this sense of haze or dysconsciousness (Ponterotto, Casas, Suzuki, & Alexander, 2001) and ethnocentrism, it becomes imperative for art therapy to revisit its cultural and social identities to become more inclusive. The incidents of racist attacks on individuals of visible racial ethnic groups and the changing demographics of the United States are forcing art therapy to address issues of diversity. These include culture, race or ethnicity, gender, religion, historical experiences within the dominant culture, sexual orientation, disability, socioeconomic status, education, political views, lifestyle, and geographic regions within the profession. Furthermore, while the fields of social work and counseling have greatly improved their recruitment of minority students and staff, minority numbers have not changed in art therapy (Boston, Doby-Copeland, & Short, 2001). The goal of this article is to examine how collective biases, beliefs, and values have been masked and how they continue to impact educational programs. (ERIC).
Anmerkungen	American Art Therapy Association, Inc. 1202 Allanson Road, Mundelein, Illinois, 60060-3808.
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10