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SUMMARY:Embracing the Mosaic: Crafting Collaborative Arts-based Research f
 or Critical Resilience - Dr Helen Johnson\, University of Brighton
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CONTACT:Lucian Stephenson
DESCRIPTION:A mosaic brings together fragments from different sources\, cr
 afting them into a whole object.  Mosaics do not seek to hide the points o
 f disconnect between these fragments\, but use them to create things of be
 auty\, which embrace\, not just a new form\, but new meanings and a new ut
 ility.  This analogy aptly encapsulates the participatory\, arts-based res
 earch method of ‘collaborative poetics.’  In collaborative poetics\, a
 rtists\, academic researchers and community participants work together as 
 a ‘research collective’ to produce creative texts.  The method harness
 es the skills and knowledge of all of these groups to produce innovative\,
  creative pieces which enrich our understanding of social issues and the l
 ived experience of these issues\, helping communicate this new knowledge i
 n engaging\, accessible ways.  Collaborative poetics has been used to buil
 d resilience within communities\, advocate for social justice\, enhance kn
 owledge/skill sharing between fields\, and provide an innovative teaching 
 tool.\n\nIn this presentation\, Helen draws on examples from her previous 
 research using collaborative and arts-based research methods and on reflec
 tion from her own personal journey to tell the story of collaborative poet
 ics\; its roots\, shoots\, ideology and methods.  In the process\, she spe
 aks to the concept of ‘critical resilience\,’ which emphasises the nee
 d to balance the nurturing of individual resilience with a social justice 
 model\, which challenges the conditions that create a need for such resili
 ence in the first place.\n\n*Helen Johnson* is a senior Psychology lecture
 r at the University of Brighton. Her work centres around creativity and th
 e arts\, with research focusing on areas such as spoken word and slam comm
 unities\, and arts interventions in health\, education and dementia care. 
 Helen is particularly interested in the intersections between arts-based r
 esearch\, participatory research and social justice. She is also a spoken 
 word poet and stage manager for the Poetry & Words stage at Glastonbury Fe
 stival. For more information\, see: http://www.hgregory.co.uk   \n
LOCATION: Donald McIntyre Building\, Faculty of Education\, 184 Hills Road
 \, room 1S3
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