Janet O'Shea: Managing conflict through competitive play
Works In Progress
English - April 29, 2021 00:00 - 36 minutes - 25.2 MBVisual Arts Arts Performing Arts art architecture design film theater dance performance visual arts ucla los angeles Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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These are polarized times. Fights over masks and vaccines, the debate over policing, immigration reform and the border situation – even in this new political era, partisan divides feel as wide as ever.
For Janet O’Shea, fighting may be the solution. She’s a professor in the UCLA Department of World Arts and Cultures/Dance, and focuses on critical dance studies, performance, and the social and political contexts of martial arts.
In this episode of the UCLA Arts podcast Works In Progress, she talks about her own martial arts training, the value of competitive play, food politics and veganism, and her forthcoming book about physical risk and social justice.