Imagery and Meaning Making: Preparing for and Learning about a Large-Scale Object Performance Event in Community

Daly, Diane; Brooks, Catherine Francis

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Title

Imagery and Meaning Making: Preparing for and Learning about a Large-Scale Object Performance Event in Community

Author(s)

• Daly, Diane
• Brooks, Catherine Francis

Issue Date

2015-03-15

Keyword(s)

qualitative research methods

Abstract

This study examines the narratives of All Souls artists and performers in Tucson, Arizona asking how artists learn about, share information on, and make meaning through a large-scale event and in their art. This work focuses on, in particular, the idea that objects are more than material products, they are a center point in the meanings attached to as well as the learning processes involved in the performance itself. Methodologically, this paper builds on in-depth qualitative interviews with artists – both expert and novice – involved in the procession. This research is based on observational notes taken at differing temporal points leading up to the event, across two years of parades, preparation, and celebration. Interview transcripts are treated as narratives and examined in light of notes taken in the field to address the following research question: What does it mean for artists to teach about, learn about, and engage in object performance when representing their experiences of death and dying through the All Souls Procession?

Publisher

iSchools

Series/Report Name or Number

iConference 2015 Proceedings

Type of Resource

text

Language

English

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