When Worlds Elide: Culture, Dialogue and Identity in Multi-Professional Settings

Abstract

Dramatherapists work in a variety of multi-disciplinary contexts, often where other more dominant professional perspectives prevail. This paper considers the cultural politics of such contexts through the ideas of Antonio Gramsci and Raymond Williams. The authors discuss core dramatherapy ideas and more radical theatrical ideas to explore how dramatherapists may maintain and develop their own distinct identity within the multi-professional setting, and make a distinctive contribution to the multi-disciplinary team.