Moving past, moving through, moving with : using community-engaged research to queer dance / Claire Carter, Caitlin Janzen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Carter, Claire, 1976- author.

Janzen, Caitlin, 1982- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gender identity in dance--Research--Methodology--Case studies.

Gender identity in dance.

Homosexuality and dance--Research--Methodology--Case studies.

Homosexuality and dance.

Community arts projects--Research--Methodology--Case studies.

Community arts projects.

Physical Description:

1 online resource : illustrations

Place of Publication:

London : SAGE Publications Ltd, 2026.

Summary:

This case study is based upon a project, Queering Dance, which involved a series of workshops offered to the Regina 2SLGBTQIA+ dance/movement community in collaboration with facilitators in trans and queer dance and performance. The objectives of this research were to develop wise practices for 2SLGBTQIA+ programming and enhance community building between diverse community members and organizations. As with all community-based projects, the planning and implementation of our project had to contend with and respond to local dynamics. Challenges such as gatekeeper/institutional barriers to meaningful community engaged research, competing needs, power dynamics, and inharmonious timelines are addressed. Moreover, this case study contends with context-specific ethical dilemmas that arose in organizing workshops to hold space for queer and trans expression in a small city. Finally, the case study will discuss the flexibility required to support community partners, community members, and guest artists through the lifespan of a project. It will, therefore, be useful to those seeking to work with artists, or any partner who is unenculturated to the bureaucracy of universities. In addition to the importance of moving with and alongside the positionality of researchers/presenters, readers will learn tactical practices for moving through community engaged research, including the use of partner agreements, positionality of researchers/presenters, methodological differences between online and in-person workshops, communication about limitations of research, and strategies for encouraging ongoing and inclusive informed consent, beyond the mandatory protocols required by human research ethics boards.

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ISBN:

9781036250478

OCLC:

1594889392

Publisher Number:

T302431