New Book: Kinesthetic Empathy in Creative and Cultural Contexts by Dee Reynolds and Matthew Reason

[Marlon Barrios Solano]

Dee Reynolds and Matthew Reason , Kinesthetic Empathy in Creative and Cultural Contexts (Intellect, 2012)

A key interdisciplinary concept in our understanding of social interaction across creative and cultural practices, kinesthetic empathy describes the ability to experience empathy merely by observing the movements of another human being. Encouraging readers to sidestep the methodological and disciplinary boundaries associated with the arts and sciences, Kinesthetic Empathy in Creative and Cultural Practices offers innovative and critical perspectives on topics ranging from art to sport, film to physical therapy.

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Acknowledgements

Foreword

     Amelia Jones

Introduction

     Dee Reynolds and Matthew Reason

Part I: Mirroring Movements: Empathy and Social Interactions

Introduction

     Dee Reynolds

1. Knowing Me, Knowing You: Autism, Kinesthetic Empathy and Applied Performance

     Nicola Shaughnessy

2. Kinesthetic Empathy and Movement Metaphor in Dance Movement Psychotherapy

     Bonnie Meekums

3. Affective Responses to Everyday Actions

     Amy E. Hayes and Steven P. Tipper

Part II: Kinesthetic Engagement: Embodied Responses and Intersubjectivity

Introduction

     Dee Reynolds

4. Cinematic Empathy: Spectator Involvement in the Film Experience

     Adriano D'Aloia

5. Musical Group Interaction, Intersubjectivity and Merged Subjectivity

     Tal-Chen Rabinowitch, Ian Cross and Pamela Burnard

6. Kinesthetic Empathy and the Dance's Body: From Emotion to Affect

     Dee Reynolds

Part III: Kinesthetic Impact: Performance and Embodied Engagement

Introduction

     Matthew Reason

7. Kinesthetic Empathy in Charlie Chaplin's Silent Films

     Guillemette Bolens

8. Effort and Empathy: Engaging with Film Performance

     Lucy Fife Donaldson

9. Breaking the Distance: Empathy and Ethical Awareness in Performance

     Rose Parekh-Gaihede

Part IV: Artistic Enquiries: Kinesthetic Empathy and Practice-Based Research

Introduction

     Matthew Reason

10. Re-Thinking Stillness: Empathetic Experiences of Stillness in Performance and Sculpture

     Victoria Gray

11. Empathy and Exchange: Audience Experiences of Scenography

     Joslin McKinney

12. Photography and the Representation of Kinesthetic Empathy

     Matthew Reason, with photographs by Chris Nash

Part V: Technological Practices: Kinesthetic Empathy in Virtual and Interactive Environments

Introduction

     Dee Reynolds

13. The Poetics of Motion Capture and Visualisation Techniques: The Differences between Watching Real and Virtual Dancing Bodies

     Sarah Whatley

14. Interactive Multimedia Performance and the Audience's Experience of Kinesthetic Empathy

     Brian Knoth

15. Kinesthetic Empathy Interaction: Exploring the Concept of Psychomotor Abilities and Kinesthetic Empathy in Designing Interactive Sports Equipment

     Maiken Hillerup Fogtmann

Conclusion

     Dee Reynolds and Matthew Reason

Notes on Contributors

Index