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Collins describes an arts-based action research study that involves a collaboration between two disparate groups of young artists for a new community engagement course designed to better understand the roles of dialogue and collaborative art-making in the cultivation of engaged citizen artists. The author shares the theoretical and conceptual framework and the anti-oppressive design of the study, employing Freire, Bakthin, and Noddings. Further, she describes the progression of the community engagement course and the culminating project that resulted while exploring the ethical implications. In sharing the opportunities and challenges of her findings, the author also asserts the value and necessity of departing from a well-laid plan in pursuit of authentic answers for an inquiry designed for pedagogical discovery.
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Collins, K. (2018). Lessons in Dialogue, Ethics, and the Departure from Well-Laid Plans in the Cultivation of Citizen Artists. In: Capous-Desyllas, M., Morgaine, K. (eds) Creating Social Change Through Creativity. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-52129-9_20
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