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Franz Kafka (1925) writes in his novel The Trial, ‘The painter observed the effect his explanation had had on K. and then, with a certain unease, said, ‘ Does it not occur to you that the way I’m speaking is almost like a lawyer? It’s the incessant contact with the gentlemen of the court that has that influence on me. I gain a lot by it, of course, but I lose a lot, artistically speaking ’ (p. 101). To paraphrase Titorelli, the artist in Kafka’s The Trial (who helps Joseph K navigate the absurdity of the courts), I find that my incessant contact with people of the academe influences the way I speak, and although I gain a lot from it, I will choose to speak here with my own voice and ignore the protocols of academic writing in which I tend to ‘lose a lot, artistically speaking’. I present this chapter as a personal insight and travel notes, an encounter in the field as a practitioner. Many of the ideas and insights here are begged, borrowed and stolen from teachers, academics, children and things I have read. I claim no ownership, but hope they are useful to other people working with creative digital methods. Like most teachers, artists can be compared to magpies. We find things that look interesting and build them into our nests, and they become part of our everyday practices. It is often difficult to pin down when and where they originated. In this chapter, I will talk about working as a digital artist on two research projects supported through the Arts & Humanities Research Council (AHRC) Connected Communities (CC) programme. This cross-council initiative explores the changing nature of communities in their historical and cultural contexts. The research programme has offered many opportunities for developing my thinking.
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Pool, S. (2015). From the Horse’s Mouth: Working as a Digital Artist on Research Projects. In: Brewer, G., Hogarth, R. (eds) Creative Education, Teaching and Learning. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137402141_10
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