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Art Imitating Life Imitating Art: A Theatrical Exploration of the Arts and Women's Self-Image

Sat, April 9, 10:35am to 12:05pm, Marriott Marquis, Floor: Level Four, Liberty Salon K

Session Type: Symposium

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Our Community of Practice explored the intersectionality of women’s identity development generated by art and life experiences. Our central research question was “How, if at all, do depictions of women in the arts and in reality influence women’s identity development?” The researchers’ individual/collective reflections were complemented by dialectic and dialogic discourse drawing on experiential learning, adult/gender identity development, transformative learning, and communities of practice. Making meaning from cinema, performing arts, fine art, and non-fiction literature allowed findings to emerge through continuity of experience (Dewey, 1934), critical reflection, disorienting dilemmas (Mezirow, 2000), identity and personality exploration (Clark & Caffarella, 1999; Cranton, 2000). Several emergent themes were used as source material for presentation of outcomes in the form of a one-act play.

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