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Report on the 11th International Expressive Arts Therapy Association Conference in Hong Kong, China: The Flowing Tao of Expressive Arts Therapy

國際表達藝術治療協會「表達藝術•順道流形」國際會議報告

DOI https://doi.org/10.15534/CAET/2015/1/10

Kate Donohue, Fiona Chang, Lisa Herman, Grace Cheng, Pearl Tse


The Flowing Tao of Expressive Arts Therapy, the theme of the 11th International Expressive Arts Therapy Association (IEATA) created “the way” to bridge the wisdom of the East to that of the West. This conference birthed a global village at the Wu Kwai Sha Youth Village, Hong, Kong where over 400 people gathered to honor the Eastern and Western practitioners, artists, educators and their acumen in expressive arts. As the first IEATA conference in Asia, two thirds of the participants were from Asian countries, demonstrating the vibrancy of expressive arts in Asia as well as coupling with the West, with 26 countries represented!


The intention of the conference was to create a community that invited formal and informal dialog, as well as making the conference affordable to many who live in developing countries through the numerous scholarships offered. The choice of the Youth Village provided a setting in which we all lived, ate, played and studied together with a taste of nature in urban Hong Kong. The feedback we received reflected our intention that the conference enhance dialog and bonding among our many international participants.



首次在亞洲舉辦的第十一屆國際表達藝術治療協會國際會議順利於二零一五年十月八日至十日在中國香港烏溪沙青年新村舉行,四百名來自二十七個國家的參加者難得聚首一堂,匯集東西方智慧,交流各地文化與表達藝術應用心得,從不同派別的理論分析、研究、臨床實踐和社區充權計劃中深入學習,擴闊視野,反思殖民化和國際化帶來的影響,在充滿挑戰和掙扎的世界裡,希望大家能夠順應善用表達藝術之道,用和平、創新和有意義的方法,建立和諧共融的地球村。


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