Reaching out to the disaffected: mindfulness and art therapy for building resilience to violent extremism. (2nd January 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Taylor, Elisabeth (Lily)
• Is Part Of: Learning. Volume 4:Number 1(2018)
• Page Start: 39
• Page End: 51
• Publication Date: 2018-01-02
• Subjects: Resilience -- violent extremism -- mindfulness -- art therapy -- education; Learning -- Research -- Periodicals; Learning -- Periodicals; Learning; Learning -- Research; Periodicals; 370.152305
• DOI: 10.1080/23735082.2018.1428109
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2373-5082

Abstract

ABSTRACT: Alienation and moral disengagement have been described in the literature as some of the key factors for making some people more vulnerable to violent extremism. In this paper, I explore how mindfulness training, especially when paired with art therapy strategies, has great potential for supporting targeted educational measures for building resilience to violent extremism in individuals and communities.