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Fragments : an art-based narrative inquiry

University of British Columbia

As I investigate, construct, and tell autobiographic narratives of mothering, of loss, and of hope, both the process of research and the "story fabric" evolve as both written and visual, an interplay of image and text. I involve myself in this investigation as I expect that it is in these places of loss, disability, and dependence that one can find things of great value, perhaps a way of being with each other, of caring, of sharing of self, and of receiving the other that does not depend on growth or achievement or on progress in learning. Ted Aoki writes of "face to face living" (1993, p. 59) of teacher and student. Living, as it were, not at a distance, but face to face and engaged as we open ourselves to the daily struggles and challenges we bring to our work, our teachingAearning, and to our research. Autobiographic narrative offers a way in, extends an invitation to give and to receive.

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2009-07-20

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