Re-imagining data: Using arts-based methods for new perspectives in research, teaching and learning

Explore the creative potential of new ways of reading and analyzing text in this two-part workshop on arts-based research (ABR). Through the ABR approach of “poetic inquiry,” participants will learn new methods for reading, assessing and analyzing journal articles, research and other written materials in a variety of scientific disciplines. The first session will introduce participants to ABR and teaching methods that support deeper meaning-making, connection and accessibility. The second session will explore how poetic inquiry and other arts-based methods can be used as teaching tools to support engaging students creatively and imaginatively with course concepts and practices. Participants will design and facilitate an arts-based learning activity between sessions, contributing to a collection of activities shared among participants. By the end of this workshop, participants will be prepared to:

• Explore and engage with arts-based methods of teaching and research.
• Discuss the value of poetic inquiry for synthesizing data, interpretation, meaning making, and presentation.
• Create found poems from research and/or teaching data using poetic transcription and reflect on the process.
• Design learning activities for using poetic inquiry in diverse disciplines and contexts.

Instructors

Tamryn McDermott, Ohio State University

Workshop Schedule

This two-session online workshop meets on Mondays, March 11 and March 25 at 12-1:30PM Eastern.

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