52.057 - Exploring the Use of Pecha Kuchas as a Participatory Form of Arts-Based Research

Session Type: Symposium

Abstract

Heeding this year’s conference call towards democratizing possibilities of education and production of knowledge, this session will use pecha kucha (Japanese for chit chat) as presentation and participatory form of arts-based research to reflect dialogically with audience members while opening up methodological spaces of research, connection to theories, praxis, and ethics. Pecha kucha is a multimedia presentation of image and sound with 20 slides shown/narrated for 20 seconds each, totaling six minutes and forty seconds (6:40). The rest of the time is allotted for pecha kucha (chit chat) with the audience. Using film and web-based performative research, visual and poetic performance, and mixed-medium art panelists will critically explore methodological issues in arts-based educational research within the context of their research.

Sub Unit

• SIG-Arts-Based Educational Research

Chair

• Joe Norris, Brock University

Papers

• Toward Understanding Methods of Videotaping Performative Research Products/Processes - Joe Norris, Brock University; Brad James McDonald, Brock University

• Mixing Mediums and Telling Tales With Pecha Kucha: Toward Socially Just Methodological Moves in Arts-Based Educational Research - Kakali Bhattacharya, Kansas State University

• "Slamming" the Queer Failure of Gay Marriage - Anne M Harris, Monash University

• Performing the Research, Researching the Performance: The Poetic Pecha Kucha as Research Representation - Alexandra Cutcher, Southern Cross University