A blog by Danielle Treacy. “In a recent cross-cultural research project that aimed to co-develop music teacher education (https://sites.uniarts.fi/web/globalvisions), I worked collaboratively with educators in Kathmandu, Nepal. I intentionally used appreciative inquiry to navigate ethical issues related to power and ethnocentrism. Long after the project had ended, unintended consequences and situations caused me feelings of […]
Read More...Do you ever feel tortured by people talking at you. Not talking with you, but at you.                            Maybe you listen and then you just pretend to listen. Or […]
Read More...We know that ART has a ‘dark side’. ARJ Associate Editors Koen Bartels and Victor Friedman have written an editorial for the latest issue of ARJ about precisely that! Koen and Victor explain: “ART is a complex and demanding process. It demands relational, conceptual and experimental skills not usually taught together in conventional educational programs. […]
Read More...Blog by Dr. Máille Faughnan of Tulane U. The coLAB I write about was an invitation to practice with co-creativity through an ecological lens. We began with choosing a plant companion to share our learning journey. I chose the string of pearls in the photo. The facilitators also shared Suzanne Simard’s research as inspiration, drawing […]
Read More...Miren Larrea highlights the use of the arts as a way to deepen action researching. Miren led the first pre-gathering meeting, inviting us all to explore how the arts can help us go a bit deeper into understanding and transforming the ‘stuck’ relational aspects of our work. Have a look at the video Miren created […]
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