Thesiss

This thesis considers a sense of self as an emergent, embodied process in somatically oriented UK contemporary dance. Central to this examination is the physicality of the dance form, with the body as a site of discourse, supporting embodied cognition and opposing mind-body dich…

Are we cyborgs or humans? This question is at the heart of this investigation, and the implications of it are all around us. In Christian theology, humans are seen as uniquely made in the image of God (imago dei). This has been taken to mean various things, but broadly, it sugge…

The selfhood of social professionals in children’s services is under-researched, and where the primary focus is on practice ‘outcomes’. Informed by a critical social policy frame this thesis focuses on the selfhood of social professionals in children’s services to ask how it mig…