A/r/togtraphy

Owned by Darlene Edgar
Nov 25, 2023
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Leblanc, N., Davidson, S. F., Ryu, J. Y., & Irwin, R. L. (2015). Becoming through a/r/tography, autobiography and stories in motion. International Journal of Education Through Art, 11(3), 355–374. https://search-ebscohost-com.libraryservices.yorkvilleu.ca/login.aspx?direct=true&AuthType=url,cookie,ip,uid&db=ehh&AN=109227258

  • A/r/tography as Living Inquiry:

    • Combines life writing with life creating.

    • Involves artists, researchers, and teachers (A/r/tographers).

    • Promotes artistic inquiry, memory, identity, autobiography, reflection, meditation, storytelling, and cultural production.

    • A/r/tographers engage in unstructured and unexpected explorations of their experiences.

  • A/r/tography Methodologies:

    • Utilizes diverse methods such as poems, videos, dress creation, piano playing videos.

    • Dress stories and collage narrative as entry points for autobiography and inquiry.

    • Disparate fragments create in-between spaces for re-examination and negotiation.

  • Pedagogical Potentialities:

    • A/r/tography produces artistic and pedagogical potentialities.

    • Emphasizes moments of interaction and connection over static entities.

    • Operates on multiple registers of sensation, promoting a continuity of movement.

  • Becoming Event:

    • Relational paradigm invoked by mapping contemplations and imaginings.

    • Multiplicity of social and collective events.

    • A/r/tography contributes to knowing oneself and others, involving Mettisage.