Art-Based Research

McNiff, Shaun

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“…To again quote Solnit from her book -A Field Guide to Getting Lost‖ that deals entirely with dwelling in the unknown: -it is the job of artists to open doors and invite in prophesies, the unknown, the unfamiliar; it's where their work comes from‖ [17]. Art therapist and researcher McNiff states that art: -may often include carefully calculated studies but the truly distinguishing feature of creative discovery is the embrace of the unknown‖ [30]. And art educator Van Boeckel maintains:…”

Section: Integration Of the Artsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Locative Meaning-making: An Arts-based Approach to Learning for Sustainable Development

Eernstman

Wals

2013

Sustainability

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Abstract:The term sustainable development is often criticized for having lost credibility due to a lack of clear-cut delineation. The same holds true for education designed to foster sustainable development often referred to as education for sustainable development (ESD). This contribution agrees that the term suffers from a want of meaning, but argues that the persistent hunt for a definition-i.e., a fixed generic description-produces rather than resolves this deficit. What sustainable development means is context and time dependent and is therefore necessarily ambiguous, open-ended and dynamic. Hence, the success of ESD depends on the paradoxical imperative of reducing vagueness while at the same time maintaining ambiguity. This paper explores how this can be established and proposes a process informed by the arts. Drawing from dialogic practices, site-specific theatre and a project conducted in a British village, this writing discusses elements that constitute a process of -context-based meaning finding‖. It concludes that ESD essentially starts with and revolves around re-embedding SD in life and the act of living, engaging people in place through processes in which communities yield their own, context and time specific interpretations of sustainable development.

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Section: Integration Of the Artsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Locative Meaning-making: An Arts-based Approach to Learning for Sustainable Development

Eernstman

Wals

2013

Sustainability

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“…La investigación basada en las artes (IBA), es un método que pretende describir, explorar o descubrir un tema considerando otros elementos; como el proceso reflexivo a intervenir en procesos creativos. Para algunos autores, este tipo de modalidad es una excelente herramienta de trabajo para crear conciencia en las personas sobre sus decisiones y actos ante un fenómeno dado (Barone y Eisner, 2012;Eisner, 2005;Hernández, 2008;Leavy, 2008;McNiff, 1998).…”

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Personas sin techo: ¿cuáles son mis derechos? Una experiencia comunitaria a través de la fotografía

2013

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El presente artículo describe una experiencia comunitaria, en forma de taller, que surgió ante la necesidad de trabajar, desde otras metodologías, con la población de personas sin techo. El taller se sustenta en la estrategia pedagógica de Ander-Egg (2000), “aprender haciendo algo”, conjuntamente con la fotografía, como un medio de expresión para poder reflexionar sobre los derechos de las personas sin techo desde el contexto de los derechos humanos. Los derechos humanos objeto de análisis fueron los de vivienda, salud, alimentación y trabajo. De igual forma, se reflexionó sobre la cotidianidad de cada uno de los participantes. En estos talleres participaron siete personas sin techo (una mujer y seis hombres) con un promedio de edad de 51 años y una educación de escuela superior incompleta. Al momento de emprender los talleres todos habían vivido más de un año fuera de un hogar estable y eran residentes de Río Piedras. Los participantes fueron adiestrados en torno al uso de la cámara fotográfica, con el propósito de documentar experiencias de convivencia social y derechos humanos. Se ofrecieron cinco talleres en su totalidad, uno por cada eje temático. Los participantes, a través del lente fotográfico debían plasmar los temas trabajados en el taller. Cada participante fotografió un promedio de 16 fotos, obteniendo el facilitador una totalidad de 114 fotografías. Las imágenes fueron presentadas por sus creadores y discutidas en una actividad pública. Se concluye que esta población posee una visión crítica sobre su realidad de vida, reconociendo diversos obstáculos que enfrentan en su cotidianeidad.

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“…Arts-based research has the capacity for "re-visioning problems that are simply not possible through descriptive or linear language" (McNiff, 2008). Traditional forms of qualitative research using researcher-driven interviews and observations can be limited in their usefulness for understanding sex workers' subjective experiences.…”

Section: Creative and Artistic Representations Of Sex Workers' Needs mentioning

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“…photography) in shaping meaning; and (4) exists in the tensions of blurred boundaries, between art and social science research. McNiff (2008) claims that original knowledge occurs while crossing those boundaries of previously separated domains (arts and science); when ideas are placed in new relationships to one another. A central purpose of arts-informed research is to enhance the understanding of the human condition through alternative processes and representational forms of inquiry (Cole & Knowles, 2008).…”

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Visions and Voices: An Arts-Based Qualitative Study Using Photovoice to Understand the Needs and Aspirations of Diverse Women Working in the Sex Industry

Capous‐Desyllas¹

2000

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The ways in which sex workers have been studied and represented historically, socio-politically and academically do not take into account their voices, subjective experiences and participation in the process. Women working in the sex industry are seldom heard and their needs are consistently defined and represented by others. This contributes to the stereotyping and stigmatization of sex workers, while academic research is consistently being done on sex workers instead of with them.This study uses the arts-based research method of photovoice with individuals working in the sex industry in Portland, Oregon to understand their needs and aspirations through their own artistic self-representation. Understanding sex workers' needs from their own point of view provides the opportunity for collaborative knowledge creation of important issues in order to enhance social service design and delivery, and advocate for social change. Valuing sex workers' aspirations supports the acknowledgement of individual strengths, skills, and visions.Drawing from techniques of interpretive phenomenological analysis methods, the themes that emerge to illustrate the participants' needs and aspirations include: sustainability of the body; nourishment of the heart; fostering of the mind and soul; social justice and activism; dreams and desires; and self-empowerment and identity. The participants create meaning from their photographs through the use of self, performance, bodies, emotions, imagination, intellect, humor and story-telling. The role of intersectionality informs the sex workers' diverse experiences and their unique ways of self-expression.ii The researcher uses collage as reflexivity to illustrate, contextualize and reflect her physical, emotional, and mental experiences throughout the study. The multiple art exhibits that ensue from this study allow for the artists' visions and voices to travel to a broad audience beyond academia, in order to reach influential community advocates and challenge stigma and stereotypes. This arts-based study presents the richness and complexity of alternative forms of data, invites new levels of engagement that are both cognitive and emotional, and provides creative ways through which to explore and understand the experiences of sex workers.iii Dedication This dissertation is dedicated to the eleven artists featured in this study, who shared their lives, loves and wisdom with me.

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Art-Based Research

Cited by 306 publications

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Locative Meaning-making: An Arts-based Approach to Learning for Sustainable Development

Locative Meaning-making: An Arts-based Approach to Learning for Sustainable Development

Personas sin techo: ¿cuáles son mis derechos? Una experiencia comunitaria a través de la fotografía

Visions and Voices: An Arts-Based Qualitative Study Using Photovoice to Understand the Needs and Aspirations of Diverse Women Working in the Sex Industry

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