Knowing in our bones: interrogating embodied practice in theatre-making/theatre-teaching through self-study

"Show, don't tell": Using visual mapping to chart emergent thinking in self-reflexive research

“…In setting out to answer my research questions, I chose to engage with what are considered the five key characteristics of self-study of practice research, which are discussed widely in the work of Loughran (2004), LaBoskey ( 2004), Pinnegar and Hamilton (2010). However, I chose to structure my study around what my critical friend and collaborator, Tamar Meskin, and I termed our "Idiot's Guide to Self-Study" (Meskin & van der Walt, 2018), which was synthesis of the ideas of LaBoskey ( 2004) and Samaras (2011) regarding these key study of practice. When I began to think about how these five key characteristics could be applied to my own study, I was able to develop an n der Walt: "Show, don 't tell" 83 This map served to guide me through the writing journey of the thesis, helping me to "clarify these evolving ideas, enabling a return to the textual analysis and writing with new In setting out to answer my research questions, I chose to engage with what are considered study of practice research, which are discussed widely in Hamilton (2010).…”

“…When I began to think about how these five key characteristics could be applied to my own study, I was able to develop an n der Walt: "Show, don 't tell" 83 This map served to guide me through the writing journey of the thesis, helping me to "clarify these evolving ideas, enabling a return to the textual analysis and writing with new In setting out to answer my research questions, I chose to engage with what are considered study of practice research, which are discussed widely in Hamilton (2010). However, I chose to structure my study around what my critical friend and collaborator, Tamar Meskin, Walt, 2018), which was a (2011) regarding these key study of practice. When I began to think about how these five key artefact of thinking (Figure 5).…”

“…When I began to think about how these five key artefact of thinking (Figure 5). The five characteristics identified were that self-study of practice research is personal and self-initiated; aimed at improvement of practice; a collaborative, interactive process; uses transparent, multiple qualitative methods; and is validated through examples and through making the work public (Meskin & van der Walt, 2018). The connections I drew between these characteristics and my own research project then formed the basis of my discussion of methodology and allowed me to clearly map, for myself, all the ways in which my study connected to and embodied the key characteristics of self-study of practice research.…”

Kvalitativa aspekter av gestaltande redovisning - exemplet teater

“…Helander 2009;Jarleby 2003;Malby 2010;Sjostrom 2007). I den internationella forskningen har teater som konstform beskrivits bland annat i relation till hur ett kroppsligt kunnande utvecklas, vilket har konstaterats kan vara svart att artikulera (Meskin & van der Walt 2018). Tidigare forskning inom svensk teaterundervisning på gymnasienivå har undersökt lärande i relation till dramatext som social interaktion (Göthberg 2015(Göthberg , 2019.…”

A method called action(re)call. How and why we use it.

“…Theatre as an art form has been described in relation to how a bodily knowledge is developed, which it is argued, can be difficult to articulate (cf. Meskin and van der Walt 2018). It has also been found that the results of the studies that have been conducted often describe knowledge on a general level, and conclusions have emerged showing how theatre develops general capabilities such as collaboration, interplay, creativity and develops self-confidence (cf.…”