Inquiry Through Art: Developing Critical Educational Research With a Deep Commitment to Art Practices

• In Event: Disrupting Indurated Habits of Mind: Reframing the Arts in Education Research and Praxis

Abstract

In this paper, the authors critique the disconnect between the work of practicing artists and researchers who engage with the arts as a methodology and call for development of critical research in education that holds a deep commitment to art practices. Rooted in the conceptual and theoretical frameworks of Critical Theory from the lens of Aesthetics, Compositional Interpretation, and Critical Race Theory, the authors offer examples through the work of practicing artists of the African Diaspora (Barkley Hendricks, Kara Walker, and Yinka Shonibare) that inspire a deep commitment to fully embracing the creative and critical potential of inquiry through art within educational research.

Authors

• Sarah T Travis, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  Presenting Author

• Beatrice Carey, Rowan University
  Presenting Author