Rowsell, J. orcid.org/0000-0002-9062-8859 and McQueen-Fuentes, G. (2017) Moving parts in imagined spaces: community arts zone’s movement project. Pedagogies: An International Journal, 12 (1). pp. 74-89. ISSN 1554-480X
Abstract
Movement is relatively invisible in literacy theory and pedagogy. There has been more recent scholarship on the body and embodiment, but less on connections between movements, body and literacy. In this article, we present the Community Arts Zone movement project and ways that the study opened up spaces for creativity, experimentation, and palpable identity mediation. Embodied space locates human experience within material and spatial forms. Drawing on Deleuze and Guattari’s rhizomal ontology and Lefebvre’s spatial theories, we examine how movement can be utilized to enliven pedagogy and to motivate people. During the research, classrooms, gymnasiums, and studio spaces became spaces that “the imagination seeks to change” by asking students to construct stories with their bodies. In the article, we present vignettes from our research study as telling instances showing the inherent strengths of movement as a form of literacy.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2017 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This is an author-produced version of a paper subsequently published in Pedagogies: An International Journal. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | Embodiment; space; multimodality; movement; literacy; identity; collaborative practice; phenomenology |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Social Sciences (Sheffield) > School of Education (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 15 Nov 2023 10:03 |
Last Modified: | 15 Nov 2023 10:03 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Informa UK Limited |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1080/1554480x.2017.1283995 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:205358 |