Book Chapter
Scicurious as method: Learning from GLAM Young People Living in a Pandemic about Cultivating Digital Co-Research-Creation Spaces that Ignite Curiosity and Creativity
Kathryn Coleman, Sarah Healy, Niels Wouters, Jenny Martin, Lea Campbell, Samuel Peck, Amanda Belton, Rose Hiscock
Researching in the Age of COVID-19 Volume 3: Creativity and Ethics | Policy Press | Published : 2020
Abstract
Could COVID-19, this unexpected crisis, act as a comma 6 in a co-research-creation project to become a breathing space and not a full stop? Maybe this pause is a colon: the two different periods of the project (and life in general) on either side of the pandemic, equally important and dependent on each other for full meaning. In this chapter, we tell the story of how a co-research-creation event (the Sci Curious Project) unfolded before and during the COVID-19 pandemic 7 ; the lead-up to its irruption (St. Pierre, 1997) and then what came after. ‘Scicurious as method’ emerged out of the unexpected pause and recalibration of the project; a method that emphasizes the creation of researc..
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Funding Acknowledgements
The SciCurious Research Project acknowledges and pays respect to the Traditional Owners of the lands upon which our campuses are situated at The University of Melbourne. We acknowledge that Aboriginal sovereignty has not been ceded. We are grateful for trust and support from Science Gallery Melbourne and Science Gallery International. We would like to acknowledge seed funding from The Economic and Social Participation Hallmark Research Initiative (ESPRIt) to create interdisciplinary research partnerships both across and outside the University of Melbourne.