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<p>HOW CAN WE OPEN PARTICIPATORY SPACES PLAYFULLY AND CRITICALLY? OUR ARTICLE RAISES THIS QUESTION IN THE CONTEXT OF A RESEARCH PROJECT AT THE INTERSECTION OF PARTICIPATORY AND INTERVENTIONIST ART, CRITICAL ART EDUCATION AND PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH. IN THE PROJECT “MAKING ART – TAKING PART!” (WWW.TAKINGPART.AT), WHICH THE AUTHORS, ALONG WITH ADDITIONAL TEAM MEMBERS, CONDUCTED WITH STUDENTS AGED 14–16 IN SALZBURG, AUSTRIA, AN ARTISTIC INTERVENTION IN PUBLIC SPACE WAS DEVELOPED BASED ON THE IDEAS, EXPERIENCES, AND DESIRES OF THE STUDENTS. IN A COLLABORATIVE PROCESS, WE EXPLORED STRATEGIES FOR SELF-EMPOWERMENT, DECONSTRUCTION OF ESTABLISHED KNOWLEDGE AND POWER RELATIONS, AND APPROPRIATION BY ARTISTIC AND ART MEDIATION MEANS AROUND THE TOPIC OF “LIVING TOGETHER”. IN THIS PAPER, WE ARGUE THAT BY EMPLOYING SUCH STRATEGIES, A LIMINAL SPACE CAN BE OPENED – IN A PLAYFUL, YET CRITICAL WAY – IN WHICH THE MEANING OF PARTICIPATION IS COLLABORATIVELY NEGOTIATED.</p>
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HOW CAN WE OPEN PARTICIPATORY SPACES PLAYFULLY AND CRITICALLY? OUR ARTICLE RAISES THIS QUESTION IN THE CONTEXT OF A RESEARCH PROJECT AT THE INTERSECTION OF PARTICIPATORY AND INTERVENTIONIST ART, CRITICAL ART EDUCATION AND PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH. IN THE PROJECT “MAKING ART – TAKING PART!” (WWW.TAKINGPART.AT), WHICH THE AUTHORS, ALONG WITH ADDITIONAL TEAM MEMBERS, CONDUCTED WITH STUDENTS AGED 14–16 IN SALZBURG, AUSTRIA, AN ARTISTIC INTERVENTION IN PUBLIC SPACE WAS DEVELOPED BASED ON THE IDEAS, EXPERIENCES, AND DESIRES OF THE STUDENTS. IN A COLLABORATIVE PROCESS, WE EXPLORED STRATEGIES FOR SELF-EMPOWERMENT, DECONSTRUCTION OF ESTABLISHED KNOWLEDGE AND POWER RELATIONS, AND APPROPRIATION BY ARTISTIC AND ART MEDIATION MEANS AROUND THE TOPIC OF “LIVING TOGETHER”. IN THIS PAPER, WE ARGUE THAT BY EMPLOYING SUCH STRATEGIES, A LIMINAL SPACE CAN BE OPENED – IN A PLAYFUL, YET CRITICAL WAY – IN WHICH THE MEANING OF PARTICIPATION IS COLLABORATIVELY NEGOTIATED.

Making Art – Taking Part!

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Negotiating Participation and the Playful Opening of Liminal Spaces in a Collaborative Process

HOW CAN WE OPEN PARTICIPATORY SPACES PLAYFULLY AND CRITICALLY? OUR ARTICLE RAISES THIS QUESTION IN THE CONTEXT OF A RESEARCH PROJECT AT THE INTERSECTION OF...

Making Art – Taking Part!

Published Online: Apr 03, 2021

Page range: 1 - 17

DOI: https://doi.org/10.7146/tjcp.v3i1.23644

Keywords
PARTICIPATION, LIMINAL SPACES, ARTISTIC INTERVENTION, CRITICAL ART EDUCATION, PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH

© 2016 Elke Zobl et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Making Art – Taking Part!

Published Online: Apr 03, 2021

Page range: 1 - 17

DOI: https://doi.org/10.7146/tjcp.v3i1.23644

KeywordsPARTICIPATION, LIMINAL SPACES, ARTISTIC INTERVENTION, CRITICAL ART EDUCATION, PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH

© 2016 Elke Zobl et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
PARTICIPATION, LIMINAL SPACES, ARTISTIC INTERVENTION, CRITICAL ART EDUCATION, PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH