syllabus

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Summer I - 2009  May 18-22 (Mon-Fri) 8:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. May 26-29 (Tue-Fri) 8:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.  Room: Sloss House [[|MAP LOCATION]] **Faculty: Nana Osei-Kofi, Ph.D., Office:** N225B Lagomarcino Hall **Phone:** 515-294-5529 **E-Mail:** <span style="letter-spacing: �34� �14� **Meetings:** By appointment (please send me an email requesting to meet). **Course TA:** Laura Bestler **E-mail:** laurabestler@gmail.com
 * Res Ev 615C-1: Current issues in Higher Education**
 * Arts-Based Research Methods**

**Course Description**: //Artistically crafted novels, poems, films, paintings, and photography have the capacity to awaken us from our stock responses//. – Elliot Eisner
 * Course Syllabus**

//Arts-based research can be defined as the systemic use of the artistic process, the actual making of artistic expressions in all of the different forms of arts, as a primary way of understanding and examining experience by both researchers and the people that they involve in their studies//. – Shaun McNiff

//Arts-based inquiry is uniquely positioned as a methodology for radical, ethical, and revolutionary research that is futuristic, socially responsible, and useful in addressing social inequities//. – Susan Finley

This course is designed to introduce participants to various forms of arts-based research methods. In this course students will:
 * Explore the epistemological and theoretical foundations of arts-based research methods
 * Become familiar with existing arts-based research
 * Practice applying arts-based research methods to inquiry

**R** **ES** **E** **V** **615C-1: C** **URRENT** **ISSUES** **IN** **H** **IGHER** **E** **DUCATION** **A** **RTS** **-B** **ASED** **R** **ESEARCH** **M** **ETHODS**

Summer I - 2009  May 18-22 (Mon-Fri) 8:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. May 26-29 (Tue-Fri) 8:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.  Room: Sloss House

**Phone:** 515-294-5529 **E-Mail:** oseikofi@iastate.edu **Meetings:** By appointment (please send me an email requesting to meet). **Course TA:** Laura Bestler **E-mail:** laurabestler@gmail.com
 * Faculty: Nana Osei-Kofi, Ph.D., Office:** N225B Lagomarcino Hall


 * Course Syllabus**

//Artistically crafted novels, poems, films, paintings, and photography have the capacity to awaken us from our stock responses//. – Elliot Eisner //Arts-based research can be defined as the systemic use of the artistic process, the actual making of artistic expressions in all of the different forms of arts, as a primary way of understanding and examining experience by both researchers and the people that they involve in their studies//. – Shaun McNiff //Arts-based inquiry is uniquely positioned as a methodology for radical, ethical, and revolutionary research that is futuristic, socially responsible, and useful in addressing social inequities//. – Susan Finley This course is designed to introduce participants to various forms of arts-based research methods. In this course students will:  Explore the epistemological and theoretical foundations of arts-based research methods  Become familiar with existing arts-based research  Practice applying arts-based research methods to inquiry
 * __Course Description__**__:__

 **__Required Book:__**  __Leavy, P. (2009).__ //__Art meets method: Arts-based research practice__//__. New York: Guilford Press.__
 * Additional Required Readings**__**:** Available on: http://isuabr.wikispaces.com __
 * Course Assignments****__:__**

The readings for this course have been selected to provide a foundation for the topics we will engage together during the next two weeks. You are expected to do all the readings for each class session and be intellectually present during class.
 * __1. Readings__**

Create a collage-based triptych capturing your experience in this course with emphasis on your experience at the beginning, middle and end of the course. Write a brief artist statement for each section of your triptych. Make daily blog entries about your experience and the projects that you are working on in this course. In your blog entry, respond to the daily discussion question. **
 * __2. Collage Triptych (from the Greek: “three fold”) and Blog Entries__

Work in groups to develop and carry out a mini-research project using photovoice. The focus will be on your own community, Ames, and identifying community needs (problems, concerns, hopes) and interventions.
 * __3. Visual Studies: Photovoice__**

**__4. Poetry__ Write an autoethnographic poem tied to your primary area of research. -or- ** Write a literature-voiced research poem based on research literature of your choosing.

__**5. New Media: Blogs**__ Identify a blog and extract a few compelling entries from it. Utilize these entries to develop a cyberidentity narrative. The focus will be on illustrating themes within the blogger's significant life experiences.

Work individually, in pairs or groups to develop an ethnodrama script based on interview data, online sources, newspaper clippings, etc.
 * __6. Performance Studies: Ethnodrama__**

http://isuabr.wikispaces.com/readings**
 * __Readings__****:

__**May 18**__
 * Leavy, Chapter 1 – Social Research and Creative Arts: An Introduction
 * Davis, D., & Butler-Kisber, L. (1999, April). //Arts-based representation in qualitative research: Collage as contextualizing analytic strategy//. Paper presented at the meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
 * Vaughan, K. (2005, March). Pieced together: Collage as an artist's method for interdisciplinary research.//International Journal of Qualitative Methods, 4//(1), 1-21. [[|DOWNLOAD] ]


 * May 19**
 * Intro to Arts-Based Research Powerpoint [[|PDF DOWNLOAD] ]
 * Hergenrather, K., Rhodes, S., & Clark, G. (2006). Windows to work: Exploring employment-seeking behaviors of persons with HIV/AIDS through photovoice. //AIDS Education and Prevention, 18//(3), 243-258.
 * Ornelas, I.J., Amell, J., Tran, A.N., Royster, M., Armstrong-Brown, J., & Eng, E. (2009). African American men’s perceptions of racism, male gender socialization, and social capital through photovoice. //Qualitative Health Research, 19//(4), 552-565.
 * Wang, C. Photovoice: A participatory action research strategy applied to women’s health. //Journal of Women’s Health, 8//(2), 185-192.


 * May 20**
 * Leavy, Chapter 3 – Poetry and Qualitative Research
 * Faulkner, S. (2006). Reconstruction: Being LGBTQ and Jewish. //International and Intercultural Communication Annual, 29//, 95-120.

No readings
 * May 21**
 * MacArthur, R. (2008). Uncovering deep user context from blogs. //Proceedings of the second workshop on Analytics for noisy unstructured text data, 303//, 47-54.
 * Owsley Sood, S. (2008). Buzz: Mining and presenting interesting stories. //International Journal Arts and Technology, 1//(1), 131-155.
 * Owsley, S. H., Hammond, K. J., Shamma, D. A., & Sood, S. (2006). //Buzz: Telling compelling stories//. Paper presented at the International Multimedia Conference. from http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/1180639.1180705
 * Runte, R. (2008). Blogs. In G.J. Knowles (Ed.), //Handbook of the arts in qualitative research: Perspectives, methodologies, examples, and issues// (313-322). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
 * May 22**


 * May 26**
 * Leavy, Chapter 5 – Performance Studies
 * Gouzouasis, P., Henrey, J., & Belliveau, G. (2008). Turning points: A transitional story of grade seven music students’ participation in high school band programmes. //Music Education Research, 10//(1), 75-90.
 * Nimmon, L. (2007). ESL-Speaking immigrant women’s voice of healthcare in Canada: //An ethnodrama. Healthcare for Women International, 28//(4), 381-396.

No readings
 * May 27**

**May 28**


 * Leavy, Chapter 8 – Bridging the Art-Science Divide
 * Gray, R., & Cole, A. (2008). Money worries: Tackling the challenges of funding arts-related research. In G.J. Knowles (Ed.), //Handbook of the arts in qualitative research: Perspectives, methodologies, examples, and issues// (503-509). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
 * Knowles, G., & Promislow, S. (2008). Using arts methodology to create a thesis or dissertation. In G.J. Knowles (Ed.), //Handbook of the arts in qualitative research: Perspectives, methodologies, examples, and issues// (511-525). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
 * Sinding, C., Gray, R., & Nisker, J. (2008). Ethical issues and issues of ethics. In G.J. Knowles (Ed.), //Handbook of the arts in qualitative research: Perspectives, methodologies, examples, and issues// (459-467). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

No readings
 * May 29**
 * Course Calendar*:**
 * Please note that this is a working syllabus/calendar and may be subject to change. Revised materials will be distributed as/if necessary.

Course Overview Online Resources Introducing Arts-Based Research Methods Creativity || Ask lots of questions! ||
 * **//Class//** || **//Date//** || **//Topic//** || **//Assignments/Group Meetings/Special Events//** ||
 * 1 || 5/18 || Introductions

Develop and carry out photovoice assignment. || Poetry || Analyze and discuss photo data. Present analysis to class. View segment from //Healing Words:// //Poetry & Medicine.// Write an autoethnographic poem. || Blogs || Write a literature-voiced research poem. Present and discuss poems. || Utilize these entries to develop a cyberidentity narrative. || Write an ethnodrama script. || Blogs || Present triptych project and discuss course blog entries. ||
 * 2 || 5/19 || Photovoice || View segment from //Born into Brothels.//
 * 3 || 5/20 || Photovoice
 * 4 || 5/21 || Poetry
 * 5 || 5/22 || Blogs || Identify a blog and extract a few compelling entries from it.
 * 6 || 5/26 || Ethnodrama || //Farmscape// presentation.
 * 7 || 5/27 || Ethnodrama || Perform ethnodrama work. ||
 * 8 || 5/28 || Funding, Ethics, Dissertations, Bridging Art and Science || Time allotted to complete triptych project. ||
 * 9 || 5/29 || Collage Triptych


 * Assessment/Evaluation*:**


 * Please note that unexcused absences, arriving late to class and negligent class preparation will affect your final grade.

I expect you to strive for excellence in your scholarship and practice. Hence, I expect you to take responsibility for getting the most out of this seminar and achieving the learning objectives you set forth for yourself in relationship to the course objectives and requirements. As your professor, I view my role as one of helping and guiding you in this process. In this role, what I am most interested in is that you engage fully and deeply with the issues covered in this seminar. In your pursuit of this objective, you will be assessed on the following basis:

Attendance/Active Participation 150 Photovoice 200 Poetry 150 Blogs 150 Ethnodrama 200 Collage and Course Blog Entries 150 __ 1000
 * Grading:**

A 900 + Excellent B 899-800 Solid C 799-700 Average - Inadequate D 699-600 F 599 – below


 * Rules of Engagement:**

//Absences//: As we are covering a large amount of material in a very short amount of time, it is critical that you attend__ all__ class sessions. Any absences must be discussed with me ahead of time. //Assignments//: You must hand in all assignments in order to receive a passing grade. //Late work//: Late work will be accepted with a penalty. //Plagiarizing//: If you plagiarize you automatically fail the course. //Food//: You are welcome to bring food and drink to class as long as this does not distract from our work. //Cell phones//: All cell phones must be turned OFF during class. If you have an emergency and need to keep you cell phone on, please turn the ringer off.