A visual arts or expressive arts process of keeping a sketchbook that uses both images and words through a flexible, mixed media approach.
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Creating Space for Care: Sustaining the Emotional Self in Higher Education
Theresa A. Redmond (Appalachian State University, USA), Jennifer Luetkemeyer (Appalachian State University, USA), Jewel Davis (Appalachian State University, USA), Peaches Hash (Appalachian State University, USA), and Tempestt Adams (Appalachian State University, USA)
Copyright: © 2021
|Pages: 26
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-3519-6.ch007
Abstract
This chapter describes how a community of practice explored arts-based research and expression to examine issues of inequity in education. Through visual journaling, the authors found growth within their scholarly practices and care towards their emotional selves at work. Using a hybrid of self-study methodology, arts-based research, and narrative inquiry, the authors examine the outcomes of their work, illuminating how visual journaling may be used to grow one's scholarly teaching. Ultimately, the authors found their process was generative, reflective, and one that serves to generate conversations about emotional workspaces in higher education. Further, this chapter provides practical guidance for readers seeking to develop communities of self-care through visual journaling in higher education.