Reevaluating the Language of Pain:: A combination of literary and visual arts- based methods

Niamh McConaghy

doi:10.21251/9jf9-g457

Reevaluating the Language of Pain: A combination of literary and visual arts- based methods

Niamh McConaghy

Belfast School of Art

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This paper explores the impact ofmaintaining a daily journal using visual and literary methods (blackout poetryand mark-making), to express the experience of chronic pain. Focusing on thedialogues of six participant semi-structured interviews, following twoarts-based workshops and two weeks of participant journaling, the challengesand the potential for these methods to promote conscientious self-managementand effective pain communication is explored. The results of this study areevidenced to produce therapeutic benefit and encourage an expressive andindividualised, alternative method for constructing a narrative of chronic painexperience.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	26-30
Number of pages	5
Journal	Intersections (Postgraduate Journal - Arts , Humanities , Social Sciences)
Volume	1
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.21251/9jf9-g457
Publication status	Published (in print/issue) - 3 Jul 2020

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Communicating and understanding the experience of chronic pain in adults through a combined approach of drawing and found poetry
McConaghy, N. (Author), Fleming, K. (Supervisor), Magee, J. (Supervisor) & Whitaker, P. (Supervisor), Mar 2023
Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

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Communicating and understanding the experience of chronic pain in adults through a combined approach of drawing and found poetry

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