Ecopoiesis

Stephen K. Levine, Ph.D., D.S.Sc., REAT, is Emeritus Professor at York University (Toronto) and Founding Dean of Doctoral Studies in Expressive Arts Therapy at the European Graduate School (Switzerland). He is the author, co-author or editor of many books in the field of expressive arts therapy, including Philosophy of Expressive Arts Therapy: Poiesis and the Therapeutic Imagination (2019). He is the founding editor of the journal, POIESIS: A Journal of the Arts & Communication, co-editor of the journal, Ecopoiesis: Eco-HumanTheory and Practice, co-founder of IEATA (International Expressive Arts Therapy Association), and co-founder of The Create Institute in Toronto.Alexander Kopytin, PhD, Professor, Department of Psychology, St. Petersburg Academy of Postgraduate Pedagogical Education; Chair, Russian Art Therapy Association. Author of more than 200 publications in the field of art therapy, medical psychology, ecopsychology, ecotherapy, including Ecological and Environmental Approaches in Art Therapy (Moscow: Kogito-Center, 2019), Clinical Art Psychotherapy with War Veterans (New York: Nova Publishers, 2016), Green Studio: nature and the arts in therapy (New York: Nova Publishers, 2016) Environmental expressive therapies: Nature- assisted theory and practice (New York: Routledge / Taylor & Francis, 2017). Founding Executive Editor of the web-based journal, Ecopoiesis: Eco-Human Theory and Practice.

An erudite exploration of eco-humanity and feeling through art, in being more completely with the world as well as of the world. This book takes a fresh ecological perspective and offers hopeful insights to all those with an interest in the powerful role of art, no matter what the form or function, in helping to develop the emerging area of ecopoiesis.

• Contents Shaun McNiffForewordAlexander KopytinINTRODUCTIONPart One. In search of the eco-human paradigm in expressive arts, therapy, and education: theory, methodology, conceptsSally AtkinsThe AWAKENING ROAR OF BEAUTY Levine, Stephen K.ECOPOIESIS: TOWARDS A POIETIC ECOLOGYKopytin, AlexanderNATURE-ASSISTED CREAYIVE ARTS THERAPIES AND THE PARADIGM CHANGE: WHAT ARTS THERAPISTS CAN DO IN THE FACE OF NEW GLOBAL CHALLENGES Madeline RughPAYING ATTENTION: NATURE, ART AND AWARENESS Varvara SidorovaCULTURE AND NATURE: THE PLAY OF ECOPOIESISPart Two. Integrating ecological and sustainable development perspectives in expressive/creative arts therapies practice with individuals, groups, and communitiesBeverley A'CourtWANDERING THE BEAUTIFUL TRAIL: ECOPOIESIS IN ECOLOGICAL ART THERAPY Eliza SweeneyEliza SweeneySOLASTALGIA, SENSE AND THERAPEUTIC ECO-SCENOGRAPHYAlexey Lebedev and Alexander KopytinECOLOGICAL/NATURE-ASSISTED ART THERAPY WITH WAR VETERANS: HOW NATURE CAN HEAL THE TRAUMA OF WARPamela WhitakerWALKING THE COMMONPLACE OF COMMEMORATION Monica CarpendaleRE-IMAGING ART THERAPY IN THE GLOBAL CRISIS: STORM CLOUDS AND SILVER LININGS Gracelynn Chung-Yan LauCORONAVIRUS AS A RITE OF PASSAGE: FINDING CURES FOR "COLONIALVIRUS" THROUGH EXPRESSIVE ARTS-BASED RESEARCH Ruth HampeA PROCESS-ORIENTED APPROACH TOWARDS NATURE IN THE CONTEXT OF ECOLOGICAL ART THERAPY Monika WiggerNATURAL AND ARTISTIC ASPECTS OF ART THERAPY Alexander Kopytin and Tony Yu ZhouFROM IKEBANA TO BOTANICAL ARRANGING: ARTISTIC, THERAPEUTIC, AND SPIRITUAL ALIGNMENT WITH NATUREPart Three. The sustainable development and eco-human perspectives in the contemporary arts Alexander Kopytin and Stephen K. LevineINTERVIEW WITH NEWTON HARRISONNewton HarrisonSENSORIUM: THE THINKINGAlexandra DvornikovaINTERVIEW WITH TEAGAN WHITE Alexandra DvornikovaINTERVIEW WITH DIANA SUDYKAAlexander KopytinINTERIEW WITH BEVERLEY A'COURTJudith L. Alalú, Odette A. VélezTHE VITAL EXODUS | ÉXODO VITAL