Artistic Selves, Epistemological Expansion, and Reflexive Inquiry

• In Event: 47.098 - Sheraton Roundtable Session Eight - Osgoode Ballroom
  In Roundtable Session: 47.098-1 - Culture, Identity, and Reflective Artistic Practice in Education

Abstract

We explore de/construction of our imaginative selves. Imagination relates to assembly of self/selves even as it is part of de/construction. Imaginative processes of identity construction create pathways for possibilities of future selves while also re-constituting our past selves. Imaginative selves are important for our outward identities as teacher educators because they allow us to speak imaginatively, creatively, and artistically. Multiple selves are in a state of interdependence blurring lines between professional and personal and contributing to an ethical teaching identity. Through narratives, images, and a post-structural research lens, we explore our hidden art hobbies and trouble their position on hierarchies of arts and crafts. De/construction of our artistic selves is imperative for our epistemological expansion and our engagement with teaching.

Authors

• Heather Skye McLeod, Memorial University

• Cecile Marie Badenhorst, Memorial University

• Haley Toll, Memorial University of Newfoundland