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CATEGORIES:Arts and Creativities Research Group
SUMMARY:Embracing the Mosaic: Crafting Collaborative Arts-
 based Research for Critical Resilience - Dr Helen 
 Johnson\, University of Brighton
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20180618T153000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20180618T170000
UID:TALK106354AThttp://talks.cam.ac.uk
URL:http://talks.cam.ac.uk/talk/index/106354
DESCRIPTION:A mosaic brings together fragments from different 
 sources\, crafting them into a whole object.  Mosa
 ics do not seek to hide the points of disconnect b
 etween these fragments\, but use them to create th
 ings of beauty\, which embrace\, not just a new fo
 rm\, but new meanings and a new utility.  This ana
 logy aptly encapsulates the participatory\, arts-b
 ased research method of ‘collaborative poetics.’  
 In collaborative poetics\, artists\, academic rese
 archers and community participants work together a
 s a ‘research collective’ to produce creative text
 s.  The method harnesses the skills and knowledge 
 of all of these groups to produce innovative\, cre
 ative pieces which enrich our understanding of soc
 ial issues and the lived experience of these issue
 s\, helping communicate this new knowledge in enga
 ging\, accessible ways.  Collaborative poetics has
  been used to build resilience within communities\
 , advocate for social justice\, enhance knowledge/
 skill sharing between fields\, and provide an inno
 vative teaching tool.\n\nIn this presentation\, He
 len draws on examples from her previous research u
 sing collaborative and arts-based research methods
  and on reflection from her own personal journey t
 o tell the story of collaborative poetics\; its ro
 ots\, shoots\, ideology and methods.  In the proce
 ss\, she speaks to the concept of ‘critical resili
 ence\,’ which emphasises the need to balance the n
 urturing of individual resilience with a social ju
 stice model\, which challenges the conditions that
  create a need for such resilience in the first pl
 ace.\n\n*Helen Johnson* is a senior Psychology lec
 turer at the University of Brighton. Her work cent
 res around creativity and the arts\, with research
  focusing on areas such as spoken word and slam co
 mmunities\, and arts interventions in health\, edu
 cation and dementia care. Helen is particularly in
 terested in the intersections between arts-based r
 esearch\, participatory research and social justic
 e. She is also a spoken word poet and stage manage
 r for the Poetry & Words stage at Glastonbury Fest
 ival. For more information\, see: http://www.hgreg
 ory.co.uk   \n
LOCATION: Donald McIntyre Building\, Faculty of Education\,
  184 Hills Road\, room 1S3
CONTACT:Lucian Stephenson
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