South Korean art therapists’ roundtable discussion on racism and ethnic discrimination: An arts-based inquiry

Abstract

The purpose of this artistic inquiry is to explore racism and ethnic discrimination from both majority and minority perspectives. Four Korean female art therapy practitioners and students who temporarily lived in the United States (US) before returning to Korea share their lived experiences vividly through an arts-based roundtable discussion. Along with the cultural component of their experiences of racism and ethnic discrimination within the context of the US and Korea, the discussion reveals parallel experiences of the authors in their shifted positions as part of the racial minority and majority in the US and Korea, respectively. The authors also discuss visual self-reflexivity as an appropriate pedagogical frame to train creative arts therapists.