Making Meaning Together: Unraveling the Research Value of Thinking Through Art Making

• In Event: Roundtable Session 57

Session Submission Type: Roundtable Session

Abstract

How does an artistic and heuristic research methodology contribute to our ideas about knowledge? Knowing is not enough: how can we as artists, researchers, and teachers engage in research that goes beyond our own research interests to engage participants in learning processes that enrich their understandings of themselves and their relations to the world? In this session, findings from qualitative studies using a/r/tography, visual methods, and ethnography are shared to show that making art to make meaning is a process of deep exploration with profound consequences. These four papers seek to engage others in conversations about education, the lived experience of students, and the hands-on experience of researchers coming to understanding through art-making.

Sub Unit

• Division B - Curriculum Studies / Section 3: Challenging Methodological Boundaries in Curriculum Inquiry

Chair

• Roselynn Eileen Marie Verwoord, The University of British Columbia

Papers

• Fostering Living Inquiry Through A/r/tography: A/r/tographic Findings on Participatory Artistic Quilt Making for Peace Building - Roselynn Eileen Marie Verwoord, The University of British Columbia

• Under/standing Relational Pedagogy as a Practice of Democratic Education - Ofira Roll, The University of British Columbia

• Making Art, Making Meaning: A Collaborative and Participative Practice - Rosemary Burd, Vancouver School Board

• Storytelling Through Art Making: An International Student’s Button Analogy - Sarah Meli, The University of British Columbia

• Life History Collage as a Method to Explore Learning, Knowing, and Meaning - Susan Seymour, Utah Valley University