Journal article

Post studio methods: being scicurious as a site for research

Ana Ward-Davies, Branislava Godic, Sarah Healy, Kathryn Coleman, Catriona Nguyen-Robertson, Niels Wouters, James Urlini, Jarrah Shubsmith

Journal of Artistic and Creative Education | Melbourne Graduate School of Education, University of Melbourne | Published : 2020

Abstract

SciCurious exists within a post-studio paradigm, devoid of any fixed site or disciplinary framework. It emphasises collaboration and curiosity, operating without the common disciplinary constraints that can determine conventional spaces. Scicuriosity instead emerges as a post-studio practice of (un)sited, lived research. Informed by critical autoethnographic practice, this article takes up a narrative approach to explore the role of physical site (or lack thereof) and the role of curiosity in contemporary research. In order to unravel SciCurious as a research (un)site, the authors engage with, and present da(r)tafacts of, two data-events which the co-research team refer to as ‘zine travels’ ..

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