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1147/2009 - Dialogy of Laughter: a new concept introducing joy for health promotion based on dialogue, laughter, joy and on the art of the clown.
Dialogia do riso: um novo conceito que introduz alegria para a promoção da saúde apoiando-se no diálogo, no riso, na alegria e na arte da palhaçaria.

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• Marcus Vinicius Campos Matraca - Matraca MVC - Instituto Oswaldo CRuz Fiocruz - <matraca@ioc.fiocruz.br>

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Abstract:

We present and debate on the Dialogy of Laughter, a concept based upon the praxis of popular health education performed with joy. Health for us is a resource for life and not a goal on life; health promotion is a positive reaction that leads to an amplified, integrated, complex and inter-sector perception articulating the environment, education, people, life style and quality. Laughter can then be incorporated as a tool in health promotion, the thesis that we defend. For this, we present considerations on dialogue, laughter, joy and the clown character giving rise to the concept of Dialogy of Laughter. The dialogue, a talk between two or more persons for the comprehension of some idea mediated by communication, is a methodology for a joint thought, aiming to produce new ideas and to share meanings, which is the essential of communication. The laughter is a universal phenomenon, depending on aspects of culture, philosophy, history and health; it is dialogic, since through mood we face the comedy and the mockery existing from behind of each laughter, a communication code inherent to human nature. Furthermore, we point out and highlight joy as a strategy for health promotion and we adopt the clown , using its art as an educational tool that can be integrated as a social technology. Keywords: Dialogy of laughter, promotion of health, joy, clown

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Matraca MVC. Dialogy of Laughter: a new concept introducing joy for health promotion based on dialogue, laughter, joy and on the art of the clown.. Cien Saude Colet [periódico na internet] (2010/Jan). [Citado em 21/01/2025]. Está disponível em: http://cienciaesaudecoletiva.com.br/en/articles/dialogy-of-laughter-a-new-concept-introducing-joy-for-health-promotion-based-on-dialogue-laughter-joy-and-on-the-art-of-the-clown/4930?id=4930



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