Stopgaps, Beasts + Other Strategies of Being in Public Space

Authors

  • Lisa Hirmer DodoLab
  • Elizabeth Jackson University of Guelph

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26522/ssj.v10i1.1345

Keywords:

arts-based research, community engagement, storytelling, collaboration, social justice

Abstract

In this dispatch, Elizabeth Jackson reflect upon the process and possible implications of a collaboration called "Stopgaps and Gems," a creative research project that saw newcomer youth exploring and sharing their personal experiences and insights with other members of Guelph's public. Following Jackson's piece, she and Lisa Hirmer engage in a dialogue about Hirmer's creative practice, Dodolab, and the ways in which her work conceptualizes, engages, and challenges conventional notions of power, place, and representation.

Author Biographies

Lisa Hirmer, DodoLab

Lisa Hirmer is a multi-disciplinary artist based in Guelph, Canada. Her work is positioned in the overlap of visual arts, design, criticism, social practice and experimental forms of research. She is the director of DodoLab, an experimental creative practice focused on exploring contemporary issues in relation to public beliefs about them.

Elizabeth Jackson, University of Guelph

Elizabeth Jackson is Community Engagement Officer with the International Institute for Critical Studies in Improvisation. In her role, she works to develop and sustain creative research collaborations with a range of artists, community members, and academic partners.

References

Estrada, A. (2013, July 10, 17:00). UCSB Black Studies scholar examines improvisation as a tool for social change. The Current: UC Santa Barbara. Retrieved from http://www.news.ucsb.edu/2013/013580/ucsb-black-studies-scholar-examines-improvisation-tool-social-change
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Published

2016-08-11

Issue

Vol. 10 No. 1 (2016): Mental Health and Distress as a Social Justice Issue

Section

Dispatches

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