Empower agency. Emotional itineraries in the psychodramatic elaboration of violence: from anger to independence

TitleEmpower agency. Emotional itineraries in the psychodramatic elaboration of violence: from anger to independence
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2012
AuthorsTestoni I, Pogliani I, Guglielmin MSilvia, Armenti A, Verdi S, Moita G, Wieser M
JournalInterdisciplinary Journal of Family Studies
Volume17
Issue2
Pagination130-145
Date Published12/2012
PublisherPadova University Press
Place PublishedPadova, IT
ISSN Number2282-2011
Keywordsagency theory, cultural psychology, daphne program, domestic violence, empower project, psychodrama, qualitative research
Abstract

The present contribution presents the discussions concerning the textual
analysis of the reports on the psychodrama sessions that were carried out as part
of Empower, a project that is within the scope of the Daphne III Program, and
aimed at improving agency of female victims of domestic violence, in order to
change their condition of subordination. Adopting feminist and cultural psychology
perspectives, according to which human processes can never be separated
from the context in which they occur, the project considers the female victimary
situation as a set of cultural, material and symbolic artefacts which can be
understood by utilizing qualitative methods of research, that permit the researcher
to better explore the experiences of victims.

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