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University of London, Eton Avenue,
London, NW3 3HY, United Kingdom
Keywords theatre and performance,
applied theatre, sexual health, South
Africa, HIV/AIDS
Virginia Lowe
Keywords picture books, illustration,
style, case study, young children
Michael J. Lowis
Keywords music, emotion, peak
experiences, spiritual, experiment
our stage’ (OPOS), she is exploring the role of applied theatre in sexual
and reproductive health communication in the Nyanga township in
South Africa, focusing in particular on concepts of spatiality, risktaking
and resistance.
› Creating a space for the individual: Different theatre and performance-based
approaches to sexual health communication in South Africa, Journal of
Applied Arts & Health, 1.1, 111-126.
Virginia Lowe has taught people to write/illustrate for children for
fifteen years through her business Create a Kids' Book. She and her
team assess manuscripts, run workshops, e-courses, and mentor. Her
book, Stories, Pictures and Reality: Two Children Tell, about two
children's responses to books from birth, was published by Routledge.
It is based on her Ph.D. thesis, which is based on a reading journal she
kept of her son and daughter, from birth to adolescence. Virginia has
lectured in children's literature and English at university and published
numerous academic articles and book chapters. She has been a
municipal children's librarian and a school librarian, judge for the
Children's Book Council of Australia's Book of the Year Awards, and
convenor of the Crichton Award for first time illustrators.
› 'It's got the same clouds': young children's concepts of illustrator and artistic
style, International Journal of Education through Art, 2.2, 119-138.
Dr. Michael Lowis is a chartered psychologist, and currently Visiting
Fellow, Occupational Sciences, The University of Northampton. His
research interests include the psychology of music, the psychology of
humour, and life satisfaction in the later years. He is the author of over
70 academic papers and conference presentations, and is called upon by
the media from time to time for specialist opinion. He is also an
amateur musician.
› Emotional responses to music listening: A review of some previous research
and an original, five-phase study, Journal of Applied Arts & Health, 1.1, 81-
92.
› Engagement in the arts and well-being and health in later adulthood: An
empirical study, Journal of Applied Arts & Health, 2.1, 25-36.