'Oohing and ahhing': The power of thin(g)king in art education research. (1st June 2021)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Hood, Emily Jean; Lewis, Tyson E.
• Is Part Of: International journal of education through art. Volume 17:Number 2(2021)
• Page Start: 223
• Page End: 233
• Publication Date: 2021-06-01
• Subjects: Art -- Study and teaching -- Periodicals; Education -- Philosophy -- Periodicals; 707.1
• DOI: 10.1386/eta_00062_1
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1743-5234

Abstract

In this article, we seek to explore what new materialist theory and post-intentional phenomenology bring to art education research. Materiality is contextualized politically and historically, and then applied to an emerging research methodology which attempts to centre the material world as a key participant in an art education dissertation research project. The research site, a creative reuse store, serves as both context and participant as the authors explore the powerful collective agency of materiality in processes of art making. Portions of findings from the project are presented here and a new theory of thin(g)king is discussed.