Roles of a facilitator in embodied co-creative expressions

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 15K12636
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Developmental mechanisms and the body works
• Research Institution: Toyo Eiwa University
• Principal Investigator: NISHI Hiroko 東洋英和女学院大学, 人間科学部, 教授 (40190863)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 三輪 敬之 早稲田大学, 理工学術院, 教授 (10103615)
• Project Period (FY): 2015-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: 共創 / 身体表現 / ファシリテータ / 被災地

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Focusing on the “Hand Improvisation Expression” workshops carried out on a continuing basis since December 2012 in the affected areas of Great East Japan Earthquake, Nish, Miwa and their research teams have been studying the roles of a facilitator in embodied co-creative expressions through position measurement of a group and its analysis and the qualitative study on interview survey conducted on parent/ caretaker who regularly participate in the event.In position measurement, it has been confirmed that the distance a facilitator keeps from participants varies.Furthermore, it has been speculated that there are cases where the position of center gravity of a facilitator shifts as she/ he moves.In the qualitative study on interview survey, as the workshop activity continues, it has been revealed that a sense of awareness toward “co-creative facilitation” where participants reciprocally facilitate expressions arises.

Free Research Field

身体表現論，舞踊学，共創学，身体教育学