Artists are exposed to numerous respiratory health hazards in the production of art. Little is known of artists' studio behaviors or of their health beliefs related to respiratory toxins. The Health Belief Model hypothesizes that individuals require a minimal level of relevant health motivation and knowledge before attempting to prevent a health condition, as well as a perception of their vulnerability to health conditions they view as threatening, conviction in the efficacy of preventive behaviors, and a perception that recommended preventive action entails few difficulties. This descriptive and exploratory study, conducted within the framework of the Health Belief Model, seeks to determine artists' knowledge, health beliefs, and preventive studio practices related to occupational respiratory health risks.

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This thesis offers critical exploration of the intersection of four elements within the historical space, or field, of UK theatre dance between 2007 and 2012: disability, impairment, dance and artistry. It addresses four questions: What is disability? What is disability in relation to dance? What supports the entry of a disabled dance artist into the field of professional dance in the twenty-first century? How can we approach a critical analysis of the works they create? At the centre of the thesis are case studies of three self-described disabled dance artists, performers and choreographers: Caroline Bowditch, Marc Brew, and Claire Cunningham. The studies attend to the form and content of their creative work, the structures of the dance field in which they practice as artists, and their personal and career trajectories. The studies are both situated by and situate earlier chapters addressing constructions of disability, cultural representations of disability and the emerging field of Disability Arts. They demonstrate that disability, in dance as in other fields, concerns attitudes, arrangements and structures that disable participation. These are attitudes fed by imaginings around the ideal dancing body, and the illusion that variations in bodily form and capabilities are neither normal nor to be expected. I draw on Bourdieu’s concepts of habitus and field to consider the interconnections between structures, external and internalised, that support or limit the disabled artist’s perception of what is possible for them within the professional dance field. Using Cameron’s affirmative model of disability, I argue that when disabled dance artists are freed to use their experiences of living in a disabling world, and to make use of the unique capabilities of their bodies as valid sources for their art, they can and do contribute to the capacity of dance as an art form to explore the full depth and range of human experience.

Diane Victor has been a prominent figure in the South African artworld since she won the Atelier Award in the 1980s. Since then she has self-inflicted violence into her work; stretched it and stripped it whilst she wrestles with the beast within others and how she portrays that in her work. This research report is concerned with answering the question Who is the ‘Beast’ in the work of Diane Victor? It begins by defining the term ‘Beast’ and situating Victor’s artistic practice in an identified trajectory in Western art history. The report traces the presence of the Beasts in Victor’s work, and follows the metamorphosis of the human form as its internal corruption is explored and revealed through the use of non-human animal parts. Furthermore it investigates the artist’s use of her practice to position herself in relation to the values and conventions inherited from the culture in which she lives. Finally, it provides invaluable insight into who the Beast may have been all along and moreover what it means to be human.

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羅玉梅. / "2010年8月". / "2010 nian 8 yue". / Thesis (M.F.A.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2010. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 32-33). / Abstracts in Chinese and English. / Luo Yumei. / Chapter 一、 --- 引言 --- p.1 / Chapter 二、 --- 批判藝術建制的命名 --- p.2 / Chapter 三、 --- 何謂批判藝術建制 --- p.3 / Chapter 四、 --- 藝術家之書與批判藝術建制的關係 --- p.7 / Chapter 五、 --- 批判藝術建制-藝術家之書作爲個案分析 --- p.9 / Chapter 六、 --- 圖解何謂內部與外圍建制分析 --- p.12 / Chapter 七、 --- 藝術家之書的內部建制及困難 --- p.15 / Chapter 八、 --- 藝術家之書的外圍建制及困難 --- p.20 / Chapter 九、 --- 藝術建制裡藝術家之書的生存策略 --- p.25 / Chapter 十、 --- 總結 --- p.28 / 圖片來源 --- p.30 / 參考書目 --- p.32 / 參考網頁 --- p.33