Caught in the Process of Becoming: A Comparative Look at Narrative Inquiry and A/r/tography

• In Event: Roundtable Session 124
  In Roundtable Session: Weaving of Narratives Within Poetic and Visual Expressions

Abstract

The concept of living inquiry (Irwin, 2004) is highly present in narrative inquiry and a/r/tography. These methodologies, form and inform research data and analysis, while rooted in different epistemological frameworks, seem to enable a type of reflexive inquiry that puts into question the context in which the reflective experience occurs (Siegesmund, 2009). In this paper, the authors compare the outcomes of narrative inquiry and a/r/tography in two separate studies in the field of art education. Both studies probe the question: How do we come to form ourselves through the process of art making? One study approaches this question through the narrative stories of art educators, and the other approaches this question through the a/r/tographic renderings of junior high school students.

Authors

• Karinna J. Riddett-Moore, Bay Creek Middle School

• Jacqueline Marie Ellett, Piedmont College