Uncharted territory
Imagining a stronger relationship between the arts and action research
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6134341 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Chris Seeley (Wild Margins Ltd, UK, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 9 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 83-99 |
| Publication date | 2011-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Action Research (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1476-7503 • E-ISSN: 1741-2617 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/1476750310397061 |
| OpenAlex | W2051163819 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
| References cited | 8 |
Action researchers stress our need to know the world in many ways beyond the intellectual. Yet in the West such ‘more-than-intellectual’ knowing tends simultaneously to be dismissed as worthlessly ‘not-academic’ and reified as ‘Art’ (with a capital ‘A’). In this article, I explore ways in which a more comprehensive arts-informed inquiry might appear as a fundamental and normal way of making sense of being part of the world, rather than as a ‘nice to have’ added extra or decoration. First, I offer a detailed taxonomy for presentational knowing which goes beyond the (re)presentation of experience to explore how a stronger relationship between the arts and action research might look. Second, I show a way to respond to the world which is rooted in experiential and presentational knowing first, rather than predicated on ideas from the realm of propositional knowing. Third, I propose that as action researchers we consider ourselves to be Artists of the Invisible, working to create spaces which are potentially transformative for our selves, those we work with and the systems of which we are an intrinsic part. I include this framing as a route to a better quality, deeper, more satisfying, and influential action research
Action (physics · Action learning · Action research · Aesthetics · Art · Epistemology · Experiential learning · Framing (construction · Pedagogy · Political science · Presentational and representational acting · Realm · Sociology · Teaching method · The arts · Transformative learning · Visual arts · Art Therapy and Mental Health · Management and Organizational Studies · Participatory Visual Research Methods
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Look both ways before crossing
Artfulness in the organisational playground
Encountering methodology through art
Love as an energizing feature of action research for territorial development
Visualizing loss and agency with the families of missing migrants of the Mediterranean
Artfulness as a dimension of professional practice in organizations and action research
| Unique citing works | 8 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,67 |
| Citation span | 2014 - 2024 (11) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 8 |