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Learning through a separation process: An embodied a/r/tographic inquiry
No full textIn this article, I present an embodied a/r/tographical inquiry of my bodily and emotional responses experienced while going through a separation process, and a description of what I learned as part of this process that has implications for how I intend to teach and develop student teachers’ relational competence. By invoking the context of emergence, currere, the in-between and living inquiry, and in dialogue with the concepts of embodied affectivity and embodied interaffectivity, I observe the unfolding of themes such as activation of bodily resonance, the sharing of embodied experiences and embodied meaning-making, coming together to reveal an insight into relational competence as an embodied phenomenon. I have also revealed an awareness of my bodily inquiry and the merging of moving and writing. The implications of this study for teacher education may well include encouraging student teachers to consider their own relational competence by nurturing and enriching their own bodily awareness of a capacity to engage in meaningful and compassionate ways both with themselves and their pupils, not least when faced with unexpected and provocative situations in their practicum. Applying embodied a/r/tography as a method for developing student teachers’ relational competence may offer opportunities for including student teachers’ wonderings, feelings, reflections and meta-reflections as a means of knowing on their path to becoming teachers.
Drawing: Linda Oloey (with permission
Professional Subjectivity in the Swedish Healthcare Context: The Ambiguous Rehabilitation Coordinator
No full textThe study examines a new professional function, the rehabilitation coordinator, in Sweden’s healthcare system. The rehabilitation coordinator acts as an inter-organizational facilitator in the return-to-work process. Using a Foucauldian perspective, the rehabilitation coordinator as a subject could be considered both as an objectified function shaped by governmental regulation and as a process by which the individual chooses how to perform the role. The rehabilitation coordinator must navigate between legislative regulations and adhere to their own professional ethics, resulting in varying forms of subjectivity. Metaphors used by rehabilitation coordinators provide insights into how individuals perceive their ethical responsibilities and how they approach interactions with patients and healthcare professionals. The paper underscores the ambiguity of the role and sheds light on how diverse considerations inherent in professional roles but also within the subject molds professional subjectivity in the Swedish healthcare system
Slow and affective becoming-with in early childhood education as the initiation of cultivation
No full textIn this paper, we explore slow and affective becoming-with in early educational contexts as the initiation of cultivation. A slow approach advocates varied pace and rhythm, diverging from goal-driven approaches. Affective intensities, including feelings, bodies, and sensory elements challenge Western understandings of child and childhood. Our starting point for this reconsideration is the Finnish scholar J.A. Hollo’s (1895-1967) educational thinking, emphasizing Bildung as a process and the initiation of cultivation. Exploring postqualitative and non-representational methodologies, we focus on the messy and mundane in-betweens in early childhood education. That is, altering how we perceive place by refocusing our gaze from a physical location to intricate, intertwining becoming-withs. By refocusing our gaze on the slow and affective here and now – by thinking, seeing, and feeling with Hollo – we aim to contribute to ongoing discussions on a post-developmental and post-neoliberal ECEC
Constraints and creativity: Transforming a live artistic experience for children into Zoom
No full textThis article explores how the Portuguese ensemble Companhia de Música Teatral (CMT) adapted their live performance PaPI – Opus 8 for Zoom in response to the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic, which severely limited in-person gatherings and artistic events. Originally planned for a nationwide tour, PaPI – Opus 8 faced major challenges due to pandemic restrictions, prompting CMT to rework the piece for an online audience. The result was a transformed version titled PaPI – Opus 8.z, crafted specifically for the Zoom video-conferencing platform. The article gives a detailed examination of this performance piece and its reception, providing a comprehensive understanding of the challenges and achievements associated with the adaptation of this live performance to the virtual realm.
The article explores the transformation process into an online format, examining both the losses and gains incurred. To facilitate this exploration, an introduction to CMT and a contextualization of their work is given. Subsequently, PaPI – Opus 8 is situated within CMT\u27s body of work, including its "sister" pieces, with a particular focus on evaluating the significance of interaction with the audience during the performance. This is followed by an overview of the pandemic-related constraints and the strategies employed by CMT to continue creating performances. To illustrate these strategies, two other CMT creations developed during quarantine are discussed as pivotal steps on the pathway from PaPI – Opus 8 to the transformed online performance PaPI – Opus 8.z.
Cover photo by Companhia de Música Teatra
Exploring consent as an aesthetic experience through applied theatre with people living with dementia
No full textThe process of giving or obtaining consent is typically seen as a series of language-based actions, either documented on a written form or communicated verbally. However, both methods can present challenges when engaging with individuals living with dementia. This paper explores how to understand consent as an aesthetic experience through applied theatre practices.
We draw on data from 12 applied theatre sessions in a residential care home in Northern Norway (2019–2021). The study design was practice led and situated in everyday-life practices at the care home. Through writing field stories collectively, based on a mixture of notes, video recordings, and embodied experiences, we analysed how people gave their consent to engaging in creative activities beyond using spoken and written language.
We find consent in four key elements that play a major role when we work co-creatively with people living with dementia:1) trust; 2) attunement; 3) sensibility; and 4) mutuality. Consent as an aesthetic experience is thus highly embodied, processual, and relational.
Our paper is written within an emerging discourse of relational perspectives in dementia research. It promotes the perception of people living with dementia as creative citizens who can equally contribute to art and research.
Photo: Tomas Rollan
Nurses Under Pressure: The Demands of Professional Performance and Their Management Through the Use of Medication
No full textThis article discusses the relationship between the demands on nurses’ professional performance and adherence to the use of medicines and supplements for their management. This approach allows us to analyze the transformations of nursing work and how nurses use various natural and pharmaceutical resources to cope with the pressures they face in their professional activities. To understand the interconnection between the transformations in nursing work and what we refer to here as the process of pharmaceuticalisation of work contexts, we use the results of a sociological mixed methods study on the use of medicines and food supplements for managing professional performance. The results show some of the main pressure factors in nursing work and how the increase in professional pressure substantially affects performance-related medicine use, as these become more frequent when nurses perceive their work as more intense, demanding, and exposed to risks
A Systematic Review of Research on Learning Writing Skills Using Gamification
No full textMultimodal interactive text genres, such as games, have gained wide popularity, while the reading of written texts has decreased among today’s youth, affecting their writing skills as well. In this systematic review, we investigate how games can be beneficial in writing learning. By combining and analysing the results of 11 academic articles on the gamification of writing learning, we discuss how games can support pupils’ writing processes while promoting transmedia skills. The immersive aspects of games can encourage young writers’ sense of agency, fluency and internal motivation. Games also encourage verbal rehearsal and collaborative creation. Additionally, games seem to promote idea generation, character development and other narrative and personal-imaginative genre features, while in factual writing, games can also develop an incoherent writing attitude. While the results seem rather encouraging, there is a lack of discussion regarding how the transfer of learning can be supported
Challenges in Malaysian Design Industry: Managing Design and Decision-making Processes
No full textThe Malaysian design industry follows a market-need-driven approach, where marketing-oriented managers guide designers to address anticipated high-demand markets. However, challenges persist in understanding designers\u27 problem-solving approaches due to implicit practices. This research emphasizes the hindrance caused by insufficient communication and collaboration among managers, designers, and researchers, impeding a comprehensive grasp of innovation processes in the manufacturing sector. The paper advocates a pragmatic examination of designers\u27 experiences, highlighting sensemaking, speculative imagination, and improvisation as crucial design activities. Results show Malaysian industrial designers face consistent challenges with management, impacting the development process. The study contributes to formulating a practical solution for fostering creativity among managers, designers, and stakeholders in the design industry
«Jeg kommer med gull» : - Om lekende interaksjonsformer og barns ulike uttrykksmåter
No full textThis article explores how different forms of interaction in staged spaces can affect children’s participation and expression in Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC). Through an a/r/tographic approach, the study seeks knowledge about co-creative processes with children, where objects and materials in staged spaces play a significant role. The analysis process combines an explorative analytical approach with a tighter thematic analysis. Two main categories are identified: (1) rule-based forms of interaction and (2) playful forms of interaction. Exploration and analysis of this concept pair contribute to insight into existing pedagogical practices and increase the holistic understanding of children`s varied expressions, both bodily expression and verbal. The study emphasizes the importance of including playful forms of interaction to support all children`s expressions and thus highlights the need for a broader discussion about children`s opportunities for active participation in their own everyday life.Artikkelen utforsker hvordan ulike interaksjonsformer i iscenesatte rom kan ha betydning for barns deltakelse og uttrykk i barnehagen. Gjennom en a/r/tografisk tilnærming søker studien kunnskap om samskapende prosesser med barn, der objekter og materialer i iscenesatte rom spiller en betydelig rolle. Analyseprosessen kombinerer en utforskende analysetilnærming med en strammere tematisk analyse. To hovedkategorier identifiseres; regelstyrte interaksjonsformer og lekende interaksjonsformer. Utforsking og analyse av dette begrepsparet bidrar til å gi innsikt i eksisterende pedagogisk praksis, og øker den helhetlige forståelsen av barns varierte uttrykksmåter, både kroppslige og verbale. Studien understøtter viktigheten av å inkludere lekende interaksjonsformer for å støtte alle barns uttrykksformer, og synliggjør derfor at det er behov for en bredere diskusjon om barns muligheter til aktiv deltakelse i sin egen barnehagehverdag
Superpositioner. Om kvantfysik och barns blivande
No full textI denna artikel utforskas vad som kännetecknar barns blivande med superposition, ett tillstånd där allt sker samtidigt och överallt. Ett tillstånd som finns där före det att barnet placeras som subjekt i tid och rum. Med utgångspunkt i två bilder på mig och min farfar diskuteras i artikeln hur det är möjligt att med hjälp av kvantfysik förstå barns blivande. Hur barnets mikropolitiska handlingar kan ifrågasätta etablerade verklighetsuppfattningar och därmed också medverka till en bättre värld. Artikelns bidrar till metodutveckling inom postkvalitativ forskning genom att visa hur begreppet superposition vidgar förståelsen för forskning kring barns blivande (St. Pierre 2011; Myhre Otterstad & Waterhouse Lorvik 2023)