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Body and nature: Quest for somatic values, East and West
- Source: Journal of Dance & Somatic Practices, Volume 13, Issue Embodying Eco-Consciousness: Somatics, Aesthetic Practices & Social Action, Dec 2021, p. 113 - 123
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- 25 Jan 2021
- 07 Oct 2021
- 01 Dec 2021
Abstract
This article is informed by autobiography and embodied research. It views somatic values through lenses of philosophy both East and West, particularly eco-phenomenology, virtue ethics and Zen Buddhism. Nature, as embodied, is the theme, a current imperative of phenomenology and a growing ecological concern in somatic studies. The text conceives intrinsic (experiential) values of somatic processes relative to body and nature. As a somatic practice for the reader to do, it scripts a Dance Map on neutral attention, or suchness in nature, which positions nature as a subjective ideal or virtue in somatic contexts. Photographs and dance/music videos illustrate the article.
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