Abstract
This autoethnographic inquiry employs bricolage, drawing on theory and hybridized methods, inspired by the notion of ‘returning to practice’. The conversations of Karen and Katherine (mentee and mentor) as qualitative data, analyzed, interpreted and made accessible through poetry and images – along with Peter’s musical and autobiographical compositions – explore possibilities to re-examine and share alternative avenues of scholarship and theoretical understanding, not least in redefining what contribution to knowledge that artistic processes and ‘artwork’ makes methodologically, pedagogically, aesthetically, and therapeutically. Our intention is to engage the reader-viewer-listener to (re)think, take notice, disrupt, re-examine and extend personal meanings about return to practice journeys, enabling each of us to benefit and be (re)inspired.
We recast aspects of ‘knowing and experience’ metaphorically, to consider and express our sense of being and becoming in the world. Importantly, we seek to explore how arts informed ways of knowing and learning about the self and other can serve to enhance our students/researchers/practitioners learning experiences.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 98-115 |
| Number of pages | 18 |
| Journal | Journal of Media Practice and Education |
| Volume | 19 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| Early online date | 14 Mar 2018 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 14 Mar 2018 |
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Bibliographical note
This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Journal of Media Practice on 14th March 2018, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/14682753.2017.1362179Keywords
- autobiography #arts-based-educational-research poetic inquiry
- a/r/tography
- currere
- mentor mentee
- reflection
- occupational therapy
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Remembering, Reflecting, Returning: A Return to Professional Practice Journey Through Poetry, Music and Images : A Return to Professional Practice Journey Through Poetry, Music and Images. / Wimpenny, Katherine; Gouzouasis, Peter; Benthall, Karen.
In: Journal of Media Practice and Education, Vol. 19, No. 1, 14.03.2018, p. 98-115.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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