Inclusive Arts Practice and Research : A critical manifesto
- Submitting institution
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University of Brighton
- Unit of assessment
- 32 - Art and Design: History, Practice and Theory
- Output identifier
- 7124624
- Type
- A - Authored book
- DOI
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- Publisher
- Routledge
- ISBN
- 9781138840997
- Open access status
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- Month of publication
- June
- Year of publication
- 2015
- URL
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- Supplementary information
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
- No
- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
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- Criminology
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- Interdisciplinary
- Yes
- Number of additional authors
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1
- Research group(s)
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B - Arts Practices, Meaning and Making
- Proposed double-weighted
- No
- Reserve for an output with double weighting
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- Additional information
- Inclusive Arts Practice and Research was underpinned by Fox’s extensive practice, research and teaching alongside people with learning disabilities since 1992, and more recently her inclusive arts collaborations within the Rocket Artists collective. The book resulted from a two-year research project reviewing the ideas and practices of key arts organisations and individuals who have shaped the past 25 years of participatory arts. It also represents the authors’ engagement with over 150 international inclusive, participatory and community artists and arts organisations from Europe, USA, Australia and Asia. Fox and Macpherson initiated a series of discussions and creative exchanges, which took the form of semi-structured interviews, group seminar discussions and creative arts workshops. Based on this research, the authors define the first set of working principles for both Inclusive Arts Practice and Inclusive Arts Research.
The book sets a historical and contemporary context for Inclusive Arts and proposes the first collaboratively owned definition of Inclusive Arts, as represented in the Inclusive Arts Manifesto, devised by delegates and key practitioners at the international Side by Side symposium at the Southbank Centre, London (2013). The production and hybrid format of the book embodies the research findings and definition of inclusion by offering both academic theory and ‘how to’ chapters. The volume represents a diverse group of ‘voices’ beyond those of the authors, through the 250 images and visual artworks, and transcribed interviews. The design and layout were the result of an inclusive design collaboration between Jo Offer and Kelvin Burke of Rocket Artists.
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- Non-English
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- English abstract
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