Creative Process and Co-Research with the Early Years through Flight
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 22123720 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Robyn Ayles (MacEwan University), Heather Fitzsimmons Frey (0000-0003-0595-1158, MacEwan University), Jamie Leach (0000-0001-9730-3953, Mount Saint Vincent University) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 9 |
| Issue | 1-2 |
| Pages | 278-315 |
| Publication date | 2023-08-02 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Performance Matters (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2369-2537 • E-ISSN: 2369-2537 |
| Publisher | Consortium Erudit (PUBLISHER • CA) |
| DOI | 10.7202/1102399ar |
| OpenAlex | W4385491044 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 3 |
Practice-based research that meaningfully engages with very young children (ages eighteen months to five years) as co-researchers presents wonderful opportunities to co-imagine possibilities together, but it also presents challenges related to communication, a democratic process, and children’s agency. In this article, we discuss how The Urban Wildlife Project uses Flight: Alberta’s Early Learning and Care Framework to help our creative team have a relationship-centred process. We discuss how Flight’s core values of play and playfulness inform our process, how Flight’s “Cycle of Co-Inquiry” and emphasis on understanding children’s meaning-making honours children as citizens, and how several key concepts--including “co-,” a specific conception of children and childhood, play and play-informed meaning-making, and making magic--enable us to include very young children as co-researchers in our co-creation and co-imagination practices. To illuminate how the process works, we offer two examples of how we are using Flight to inform our practice-based research processes with the early years demographic, and to create meaningful immersive theatre experiences for all participants
Co-Creation · Creativity · Knowledge management · Pedagogy · Psychotherapist · Social science · Sociology · Children's Rights and Participation · Computer Science · Digital Storytelling and Education · Participatory Visual Research Methods · Psychology · Social Psychology
| Unique citing works | 4 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 2 |
| Citation span | 2024 - 2025 (2) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |