Open AccessSensory Arts-Based Storytelling as Critical Reflection: Tales From an Online Graduate Social Work Classroom
Author(s) -
Alison L. Grittner
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
learning landscapes
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1913-5688
DOI - 10.36510/learnland.v14i1.1050
Subject(s) - storytelling , the arts , transformative learning , sociology , citizen journalism , digital storytelling , reflection (computer programming) , social learning , social change , pedagogy , aesthetics , visual arts , psychology , narrative , art , political science , computer science , literature , law , programming language
Drawing upon Heron and Reason’s (1997) participatory inquiry paradigm and extended epistemology, this article explores how six Master of Social Work (MSW) students engaged in sensory arts-based critical reflection concerning their social location, identities, social justice, and social policy. We share our process for creating sensory arts-based stories, the stories themselves, and pedagogical reflections. We elucidate how sensory arts-based storytelling allows learners to draw upon their strengths, unique perspectives, and experiences in the world, generating transformative understandings of social justice. Sensory arts-based storytelling holds potential as an interdisciplinary mode of critical reflection, generating inclusive learning environments oriented towards social change.