Full Description
Based on over a decade of collective teaching, this volume explores the hybrid use of online and in-person collaboration as a means of offering international experience to university-level arts students. Chapters articulate a collective learning based on the experiences of the International Art Collaborations Network (INTAC), Collective Body group and related programs which the authors and contributors have participated in as educators and students.
Illustrated with photographs, screenshots and student projects, the book inspires reflection on teaching methodologies and student artmaking strategies across cultures and languages. Pedagogical and methodological topics trace an evolution of curricular approaches and use of evolving online platforms. Examples of themes and visual strategies demonstrate the power of student-directed collaborative learning. Diverse voices have been gathered through research conducted with educators and alumni connected to INTAC, providing perspectives on working collaboratively in a global context.
Student projects exemplify responses to the challenges of communication and creation that come with distanced artistic partnership. Chapters end with suggested points for conversation, whether between educators, students of art education or students entering collaborations. Although based on experiences in the visual arts, the ideas and methods are applicable to others engaging in inter-institutional education or online collaborative practices.
Fully illustrated with examples of collaborative art projects, photographs, screenshots, diagrams and posters.
Contents
Acknowledgements
About this Book
1. Introduction
- Circles of Engagement
- A Brief History
- Finding Possibilities
- Developing a Programme
- Reviewing the Decade
2. Why International? Why Collaboration?
- The Importance of Global Connections
- Situating the International in Art Education
- Cultural Diversity and Global Awareness
- Collaboration as a Key
- 'Catalyzing Change' - Dr. Juha Suonpää, TAMK (Finland)
Questions and Challenges (2)
3. Discovering Collaborative Practices
- Enabling Interaction
- Coming to Collaboration
- 'Contemporary and Historical Models: Virtual art collaborations, artistic collectives, and exchanges across borders' - Giselle Mira-Diaz (INTAC)
- 'Collective Body 2008-2020' - Prof. Patricia Azevedo UFMG (Brasíl) and Prof. Clare Charnley LBU (UK)
Questions and Challenges (3)
4. Setting the Stage
- Key Ground Rules
- Preparing Students for Collaboration
- Modes of Speaking
- Facilitation: Following the student process
Questions and Challenges (4)
5. Collaborative Programme Models
- Organic Networking
- Short-Term Projects
- Intensives
- Workshop Travel
- Extending Engagements
- The INTAC Model
- Shared Events
Questions and Challenges (5)
6. Pedagogy and Educators
- A Broader Conception of Teaching
- Enabling Student Experience
- Why do faculty do it?
- 'Why INTAC Participants DO Activate their Cameras?: The Importance of Collaboration in Emancipatory Education' - Prof. Sofía Sienra Chaves, UAEMex (Mexico)
- 'Trusting the Process' - Prof. Meera Margaret Singh, OCADU (Canada)
- 'Poetry of Transience' - Prof. Walter Bergmoser, UE (Germany)
Questions and Challenges (6)
7. Addressing Institutional Contexts
- Institutional Support
- Barriers
- Inter-institutional Territories
- Complex Diversity
- Working with Matched Partnerships
Questions and Challenges (7)
8. Engaging Global Themes
- Defining Thematics
- Arriving at Meaningful Projects
- Global Themes
- 'Let's think about the journey of bananas' - Phuong Hoang, RMIT (Vietnam) / UE (Germany)
Questions and Challenges (8)
9. Bridging Diverse Contexts
- How Different is Difference?
- Understanding Difference
- Working Across Languages
- Visual Language
- Diverse Learning Environments
- Building Bridges
- Considerations of travel
- 'Metaverse & INTAC: The Dilemma & Breakthrough of Chinese Students' - Dr. Liu Fan, WTU (China)
- 'Art Over Language' - Prof. Silas Fong, CAU (South Korea)
Questions and Challenges (9)
10. The Dynamics of the Student Experience
- Student Voices
- Motivations
- Challenges for Collaboration
- Alumni Recommendations
- Learning Outcomes
- Alumni Interviews
- Participant Manifesto: Ground Rules for Collaborators
Questions and Challenges (10)
11. Student Collaboration in Practice
- Approaches to Collaborative Artmaking
- Experiments in a Digital World
- Collaborative Strategies
- The Physical-Virtual Interface
12. Collective Body Projects: 2008-20
- Threads Between Partners
- 'Second on the Right and Keep on Going...' - Prof. Patricia Azevedo, UFMG (Brasil) and Prof. Clare Charnley, LBU (UK)
13. Face-to-Face
- The Impact of Meeting
- Exhibitions
- Workshops and Debriefing Sessions
- Social and Cultural Activities
14. Online Exhibition
- Inhabiting the Online Space
- Transitioning to Virtual Presentation
- INTAC on Kunstmatrix.com
- Animating the Virtual Exhibition Experience
15. Activating the Online Space
- A Decade of Evolving Online Options
- Meaningful Virtual Interaction
- Negotiating Online Platforms
- Selecting Workspaces
- Platform Options
- Acceptance of Online Platforms
- Ensuring Dynamic Online Spaces
- Online Activities
- Student Agency in Online Channels
- The Question of Visibility
- It's about the communication
Questions and Challenges (15)
16. Modelling the Future
- An Expanded Vision
- A Sustainable Scenario
- Expanding Collaborative Networks
Questions and Challenges (16)
Appendices
Appendix A - Key Alumni Survey Data
Appendix B - Chronologies
Collaboration Partners
Notes on Authors and Contributors
List of Figures
Index
