Abstract

This article focuses on how holistic movement activities can support essential attachment processes and touching, loving and joyful moments between children and parents in refugee families. The research project presented, Moving Families, takes place in a therapeutic setting in a departure centre. The project was created in cooperation between Danish Red Cross and University of Copenhagen. The methodology is inspired by practitioner research and a phenomenological-inspired research approach and scenic descriptions are used to catch meaningful moments. The article illustrates how a holistic movement approach can create a ‘safe space’ that can support the families’ resilience processes, as well as encouraging empowerment. The findings show that movement processes must be approached with great sensitivity and awareness, as the emotional relationships in the families can be challenging. Lastly, the project indicates that play and holistic movement activities have great national and international potential for supporting empowerment and attachment processes in other families who find themselves in precarious and vulnerable situations.

摘要

本文重点关注整体运动活动如何支持难民家庭中儿童与父母之间基本的依恋过程以及感人、关爱和快乐的时刻。提出的研究项目“移动家庭”在出发中心的治疗环境中进行。该项目由丹麦红十字会和哥本哈根大学合作创建。该方法受到从业者研究的启发，并采用现象学启发的研究方法和风景描述来捕捉有意义的时刻。这篇文章说明了整体运动方法如何创造一个“安全空间”，以支持家庭的复原力过程，并鼓励赋权。研究结果表明，必须以高度的敏感性和意识来处理运动过程，因为家庭中的情感关系可能具有挑战性。最后，该项目表明，游戏和整体运动活动具有巨大的国家和国际潜力，可以支持发现自己处于不稳定和脆弱境地的其他家庭的赋权和依恋过程。