I touch-I breathe-I move-I voice-I speak

Somatic logos toward social care

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https://doi.org/10.26512/vozcen.v5i01.54583

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Somatic logos, Somatic Listening, Social care, Inter-embodiment, Practice-as-Research

Abstract

This article advances the author’s concept of somatic logos as an inter-embodied praxical framework that facilitates interrelations between individual and collective voices. It draws from  her Practice-as-Research (PaR) project From Haptic Deprivation to Haptic Possibilities and uses the project’s Are We Still in Touch? group workshops as a case study. The workshops investigate how self-directed touch (initiated and managed by oneself) can support one’s sense of care, wellbeing, and creative expression amidst societal shifts catalyzed by the pandemic. Research findings suggest that somatic listening  to the self extends to an inter-embodied sense of care with potentials for broader societal impact.

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Author Biography

Christina Kapadocha, East 15 Acting School, University of Essex - Loughton, United Kingdom

Christina Kapadocha (PhD) is a London-based theatre and somatic practitioner-researcher, a Registered Somatic Movement Educator, and the founder of Somatic Acting Process®. She is a first-class Greek National Theatre (GNT) Drama School (Dip. Acting, 2008) and East 15 Acting School (MA Acting International, 2011) graduate under a full-time scholarship. Christina has been working as an actress, director, and movement director in Greece and the UK since 2007, and she was awarded a fully funded PaR PhD from Royal Central School of Speech and Drama (RCSSD) in 2016. Currently, she is a Lecturer in Movement for Acting and Research at East 15 Acting School, University of Essex. Her practice-research projects and publications focus on the contributions of somatically inspired practices to theatre-performing environments and beyond. She is the editor of Somatic Voices in Performance Research and Beyond (Routledge, 2021) and an associate editor for the Theatre, Dance and Performance Training journal. Personal website: https://christina-kapadocha.com/.

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2024-07-31

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Kapadocha, C. (2024). I touch-I breathe-I move-I voice-I speak: Somatic logos toward social care. Voz E Cena (Voice and Scene), 5(01), 34–51. https://doi.org/10.26512/vozcen.v5i01.54583

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