A Transcontinental Tapestry: Co-Creativity in Polyvocal Self-Study Research

• In Event: Learning From, Building Upon, and Extending Self-Study Research in Turbulent Times

Abstract

We share the design and development of our transcontinental tapestry, which emerged from our individual and collaborative work in facilitating transdisciplinary self-study learning communities. Found poetry and a portfolio of our work in co-creativity served to deepen our understanding of collective creativity in polyvocal self-study and contribute to poetic self-study scholarship. After several interplays, we created a tapestry poem that captured the essence of our co-creativity in self-study research. Overall, the paper illuminates that making time and space to be playful together is essential to the process of discovery and a powerful portal for mutual learning and innovation. This work serves as an invitation to others to explore how polyvocal, co-creative spaces prompt non-linear pathways for learning and professional development.

Authors

• Kathleen Pithouse-Morgan, University of KwaZulu-Natal

• Anastasia P. Samaras, George Mason University