This presentation explores culturally informed arts-based methods for addressing trauma in crisis-affected communities, highlighting effective responses.
Background: This presentation draws on my doctoral dissertation Greed, Grief, a Gift and twenty years of experience working with crisis-affected communities worldwide. Trauma identification and treatment are culturally bound (Hinton & Lewis-Fernandez, 2010), and Western constructs such as PTSD [for full text, please go to the a.m. URL]
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