A/r/Tography

A/r/tography is a form of practice-based research that is steeped in the practices of artists, researchers, and educators. Using the understanding of currere (curriculum as verb instead of a noun) as a basis for this work, the practices are viewed as active, contextually situated, and creative while recognizing that subjectivity transforms objectivity. This entry describes a/r/tography as a research methodology and as a process of currere that leads to deep learning.

A/r/tography as a research methodology is reflective, reflexive, recursive, and responsive. Bringing the arts and graphy (writing text) together, a/r/tography also performs itself by persisting in using forward slashes to represent folds between the broadly conceived identities of artist, researcher, and teacher (educator/learner). These folds are contiguous representations of identities colliding, merging, and separating as ...