Research Speaker Series - Fall 2024
Session 1: Arts-Based Research as Paradigm, Manifesto, and Mission for Volatile Times
September 10, 2024

Presenter: Dr. Geo Takach
Host: Gwen Nguyen

From its roots in education, arts-based research (ABR) has become a beacon for instructors and researchers seeking to enrich their palette of pedagogical and investigative colours. ABR appeals to our senses, emotions, spiritual sides, and intellects, and offers opportunities to engage learners within the academy and beyond. It can also be a fruitful instrument of social, environmental, and other forms of justice—as well as an engaging, informing and inspiring aesthetic experience.  

This session will explore contexts and justifications for, and benefits and challenges of, bringing ABR to your work in the classroom and the field. Drawing on many years of practice in professional communication and the arts, Geo Takach will share diverse teachings, examples and tips inviting you to rouse your inner (or outer) arts-based inquirer and instructor.

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