Retracing, Reimagining and Reconciling our Roots in Social Work Education in Canada (65635)
Session Chair: Madeleine Meija
Saturday, January 7, 2023 (10:55)
Session: Session 2
Room: 322A
Presentation Type:Oral Presentation
This paper presentation contributes to discussion regarding creative and arts-based research for artists/researchers/teachers interested in pedagogies for reconciliation and decolonization in graduate education of social workers in postsecondary university settings.
We will share our research and pedagogical process from a federally-funded research project in which our research objectives include exploring the potential of the arts/artists for provoking complex conversations about Indigenous-settler relations in social work education relating to reconciliation, land and culture.
The project engaged arts-based methods and a/r/tography in particular, in working alongside traditional Indigenous Knowledges to encourage social workers to inquire into ways of fostering practices grounded in respect, relevance, reciprocity and responsibility across cultural difference. A/r/tography is an adaptive methodology encouraging application of hybrid methods to document visual, auditory, sensory and text-based data as well as invite participatory approaches in artmaking, research and practitioner work. Various Indigenous artists, Medicine keepers and Elder helpers facilitated explorations of issues, strategies and methods of connecting with learners in meaningful and transformative ways. Additionally a student filmmaker was hired to document this research process.
In our oral presentation, we will share clips of our film in process. We will share beginning findings analyzed in relation to student engagement with the concepts of retracing, reimagining, reconciling and rootedness, and how the artmaking, walking, and writing offer new insight into social work pedagogy and practitioner work, as well as everyday relationality and care.
Authors:
Michele Sorensen, University of Regina, Canada
Valerie Triggs, University of Regina, Canada
About the Presenter(s)
Dr Valerie Triggs is a University Professor/Principal Lecturer at University of Regina in Canada
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