Being AS nature: Being Leaders in Developmental Friendship
Alex Stubbings writes…”This year marks the eighth iteration of the AR+ coLAB Leadership as Developmental Friendship. And my first. So without knowing all the rich stratigraphy under our collective feet, (what rich artefacts might be buried there?), I embarked with more experienced explorers in launching this cycle of inquiry. The bedrock of the inquiry at […]
Read More...Appreciating situations of breakdown for researcher reflexivity. ARJ article by Danielle Treacy
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...Tasting collective intelligence. Or no more Vogon Poetry Torture thank you!
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...Shining light on the dark side of action research: Power, relationality and transformation
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...Co-creativity as small cultivators by Máille Faughnan
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 […]
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