Honoring Presence: Arts-Based and Contemplative Practices in Research and Pedagogy, Part 4

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Abstract

In this presentation we explore in collaborative and individual ways, the contemplative and artistic practices that inform ways of being, knowing, and not knowing in the world. We are a diverse group of artists, researchers, and teachers, grounded in an eclectic mix of worldviews and spiritual traditions, including Buddhist, Christian, Indigenous, and spiritual feminist. We also work in and across a range of artistic disciplines; dance, visual art, music, and performance-based genres, as well as various genres of writing such as poetry and creative non-fiction. In this presentation, we offer a vision of the interrelationships among art, spirituality, research, and teaching that challenges the sense of risk often engendered by such connections in the academy and other settings.

Author

• Heesoon Bai, Simon Fraser University