Arts-based health research. Reflections from the Madrid Health experience

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https://doi.org/10.21501/22161201.3466

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Art-based health research, Art-based research, Visual arts, Public health, Health promotion.

Abstract

This article reflects on the assumptions of Art-Based Health Research based on the experience of the Art and Health project in the public agency health of the Madrid City Council. Research in the field of art and health has a long trajectory that allows a critical analysis of the contributions and also a reflection on the transcendence and impact of such research. The article gathers aspects of Arts-Based Health Research, which is based on arts-based research, and which raise theoretical, methodological and ethical questions and conflicts. The work developed in Madrid’s health since 2011 allows a review from the practice of these issues and a wide field of experimentation to reflect on the challenges of this research approach.

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Author Biography

Noemí Ávila Valdés, Universidad Complutense de Madrid (España)

Noemí Ávila. Doctora en Bellas Artes por la Universidad Complutense de Madrid. Profesora titular del área de Didáctica de la Expresión Plástica, Departamento de Didáctica de las Lenguas, Artes y Educación Física. Facultad de Educación. Universidad Complutense de Madrid. Grupo de investigación: GIMUPAI (Grupo de investigación del Museo Pedagógico de Arte Infantil). Contacto: navila@ucm.es ORCID: 0000-0002-3895-1691. SCOPUS: 55000304100. Google académico: Noemi Avila Valdes

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Published

2021-08-06

How to Cite

Ávila Valdés, N. (2021). Arts-based health research. Reflections from the Madrid Health experience. Revista Colombiana De Ciencias Sociales, 12(2), 820–845. https://doi.org/10.21501/22161201.3466

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Reflection articles