IJCAIP Announces CAIP Research Text Nomination

Book nomination

The International Journal of The Creative Arts in Interdisciplinary Practice, IJCAIP, is pleased to announce that the research book,"Creative Arts in Interdisciplinary Practice, Inquiries for Hope and Change", Editor Cheryl L. McLean, Publisher IJCAIP, Associate Editor, Robert Kelly Ph.D., Faculty of Fine Art, University of Calgary, (Publisher, Detselig Temeron Press, Calgary) has been nominated for The International Center for Qualitative Inquiry, qualitative book award. This award is conferred annually to a member of the qualitative and ethnographic community who has published an English-language book that helps contribute to the study and practice of qualitative approaches. Criteria include success in experimenting with new and traditional writing forms, inclusion of critical reflections on the writing and research process, contributions to living meaningful lives, and insights into creating a socially just world.

ICQI hosts the International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry May 18-21, 2011

at The University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign.

The recipient will be announced by the judges in 2011 and the award will be presented at the annual ICQI meeting. It is expected there will be many exceptionally high quality nominations submitted for this prestigious qualitative book award. For our editors, publisher and all who contributed to our research text it will be an honour to be a part of the process as we participate in this international competition.

"The book "Creative Arts in Interdisciplinary Practice, Inquiries for Hope and Change" was created as an illustrative collection of articles which would show by example how the creative arts in research working actively with qualitative (and other aligned approaches) can help point to a new path for hope and change while making a meaningful difference for individuals and society. This is a contemporary research collection targeted to a very broad interdisciplinary audience which crosses borders and includes academics and non academics, educators, researchers and artists, healthcare professionals, those active in social service and advocacy work, activists and policymakers. In keeping with our broad communication goals, articles and chapters are written intelligently in accessible language and include illustrative examples of work in practice. It was our intention to show, by way of example, the considerable breadth and scope of the research. The accounts traverse methodological borders while addressing multiple challenges and serving diverse populations in practice. That being said articles share a common interest in mobilizing communities for justice and social change."

About the book

Table of Contents

Editors

Inside news contributors

Creative Arts in Interdisciplinary Practice book features creative arts in research and practice across disciplines

A new book featuring illustrative examples of the creative arts in research and action will help shape the emerging field of The Creative Arts in Interdisciplinary Practice.

The inaugural book in the CAIP, Creative Arts in Interdisciplinary Practice, research series, "Creative Arts in Interdisciplinary Practice, Inquiries for Hope and Change" has been released and is now available for purchase. The book (editor Cheryl McLean, Publisher of The International Journal of The Creative Arts in Interdisciplinary Practice, associate editor, Robert Kelly, Associate Professor, Fine Art, University of Calgary) is a project of IJCAIP, The International Journal of The Creative Arts in Interdisciplinary Practice, and is published by Detselig Temeron Books, Calgary. The groundbreaking book introduces an emerging and rapidly growing field with a dynamic collection of illustrative articles featuring artists, leading academics, health researchers, nurse educators, physicians, educators, environmentalists and others who actively use the creative arts in interdisciplinary practice in cutting edged research and in methodologies for health, hope and change. Readers will learn how the creative arts can offer unique opportunities to embody and re-illuminate the human story, stage human vulnerability, foster citizenship and give voice to narratives of human experience.

At over 400 pages, this is a rich and multifaceted collection of articles and chapters about the creative arts in health and interdisciplinary practice, an accessible yet highly informative text that enlightens the reader about the inquiries and the processes while offering first hand insights into approaches, stories of the work in practice, how to method based exercises and lists of comprehensive references.

"Creative Arts in Interdisciplinary Practice, Inquiries for Hope and Change" is a contemporary research collection that features methods that are participative, communal, active and experiential. It speaks of approaches that actively re-illuminate lived experiences and foster and encourage deep and multi-sensory communication and embodied forms of expression with elements visual, emotional, physical and spiritual. In this book, we bring together a field that stresses the vital importance of creativity and the human story, a body of work that seeks to help give voice to the silenced, the oppressed and the marginalized, narrative accounts of personal transformation that honour creative expression as fundamental and at the very source of human meaning and purpose. We invite you to journey through these articles and share in accounts of the creative arts in interdisciplinary practice for hope and change" Editor, Cheryl McLean, Publisher IJCAIP Journal.

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CONTRIBUTORS
a list of a few of our featured contributors;

Izumi Sakamoto Ph.D., Associate Professor of Social Work, University of Toronto

Nancy Viva Davis Halifax, Ph.D., artist/researcher and Assistant professor, Critical Disability Studies, York University

John Sullivan, Adjunct Faculty, Department of Preventive medicine and Community Health, Public forum and Toxics Assistance, University of Texas Medical Branch

Family Social Sciences, University of Manitoba

Carolyn Garcia, PhD, MPH, RN, Assistant professor, University of Minnesota School of Nursing

Olga Idriss Davis, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Hugh Downs School of Human Communication, Arizona State University

Lata Pada, choreographer, Adjunct Professor, York University, Dance (Order of Canada recipient)

Johnny Saldana, playwright/actor, Professor of Theatre, School of Theatre and Film, Arizona State University

Ian Prinsloo MFA, (former AD, Theatre Calgary)

Lorna Boschman, Documentary and Media Artist, PhD (in process) Simon Fraser

George Belliveau, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Faculty of Education, University of British Columbia

Susan K. MacRae, Registered Nurse, (former Deputy Director, University of Toronto, Joint Centre for Bioethics)

Jacqui Gingras PhD, RD, Assistant Professor, School of Nutrition, Ryerson University

Sherry Fontaine Ph.D., Associate Professor and Director of Healthcare Leadership, Park University

Seema Shah MD, MSPH

Kim Bullock, MD, Director of Community Health Division, Providence Hospital Family Medicine Residency Program

John J. Guiney Yallop Ph.D., Assistant Professor, School of Education , Acadia University

Ardra Cole, EdD, Professor and Co-director, Centre for Arts informed Research, OISE, University of Toronto

Maura McIntyre Ed.D, Adjunct Professor, OISE, Centre for Arts informed Research, University of Toronto

Shaping Change Transforming Communities, Upcoming Presentation

Creative Arts in Interdisciplinary Practice

Shaping Change, Transforming Communities

November 10, 2010

Creative and Critical Studies

UBC, Okanagan Campus

Kelowna, BC

Presenter Cheryl McLean

Cheryl McLean, Publisher of the International Journal of The Creative Arts in Interdisciplinary Practice and Editor of The CAIP Research Series and books, "Creative Arts in Interdisciplinary Practice Inquiries for Hope and Change" and "Creative Arts in Research for Community and Cultural Change" will be speaking at UBC Okanagan, Kelowna campus, about the vital role of the arts in interdisciplinary practice shaping change and transforming communities. Drawing on illustrative examples from topical research this talk will demonstrate how the arts in inquiry and in research and practice across disciplines can lead to creative and community based solutions addressing some of the most critical social issues of our modern and challenging times.

Info: CherylMcLean@ijcaip.com

Using arts in research to collaborate for change, Stories of homelessness in Toronto

In an article published in the recently released book, "Creative Arts in Interdisciplinary Practice, Inquiries for Hope and Change", (Eds. Cheryl McLean, Robert Kelly, Detselig Temeron Press, August 2010) researchers reported on the process of a major arts informed collaborative community based project which brought together eight community based research projects with a goal to help give voice to the lived experiences of homelessness in Toronto, Ontario. These cutting edge arts informed projects set out to inform the public and raise awareness about the issues with hopes of changing social policy and improving quality of life for homeless persons.

Izumi Sakamoto a Ph.D and Associate Professor of Social Work at The University of Toronto was the lead researcher for the collaborative effort. The article reports, "the use of arts was particularly effective because it allowed for the meaningful inclusion of people who are homeless in the research process. Further, various modalities and representations of arts made it possible to communicate the message of "the need for inclusion and accountability" from diverse voices without bombarding people with words.

The research was disseminated in a number of ways including the launch of a joint art exhibit, policy report and website. A highly publicized event, this launch attracted print media and radio coverage and a wide range of participants including politicians, bureaucrats, social service agency administrators and front line workers as well as people with experiences of homelessness.



The full article can be found in the book "Creative Arts in Interdisciplinary Practice, Inquiries for Hope and Change" pg. 21 - 39.
"Community Based Research, Collaborating for Change, Collaborating to Tell the Stories of Homelessness in Toronto"





More from the voice of an artist researcher

UWO Homecoming Issue features News about CAIP

Special thanks to David Scott, Editor of The University of Western Ontario Alumni Gazette for the mention in the Homecoming issue. The book Creative Arts in Interdisciplinary Practice, Inquiries for Hope and Change was featured among the new releases in the magazine on Pgs. 37 - 38. As editor of the text it was especially appreciated that the news was published in the Homecoming 2010 issue. For this UWO alumnus it was a nice way to celebrate the occasion and the book's recent release.

You can read the Gazette online at: www.alumnigazette.ca

or visit The University of Western Ontario here

Creative Arts in Interdisciplinary Practice, Inquiries for Hope and Change Book features Creative Arts in Research and Practice Across Disciplines

Just Released!

Press Release, August 24, 2010
IJCAIP office, London, Ontario


A new book featuring illustrative examples of the creative arts in research and action will help shape the emerging field of The Creative Arts in Interdisciplinary Practice.

The book is published by Detselig Enterprises, Calgary with (editor Cheryl McLean, Publisher of The International Journal of The Creative Arts in Interdisciplinary Practice, associate editor, Robert Kelly, Associate Professor, Fine Art, University of Calgary) and is a project of IJCAIP, The International Journal of The Creative Arts in Interdisciplinary Practice. The groundbreaking book introduces an emerging and rapidly growing field with a dynamic collection of illustrative articles featuring artists, leading academics, health researchers, nurse educators, physicians, educators, environmentalists and others who actively use the creative arts in interdisciplinary practice in cutting edged research and in methodologies for health, hope and change. Readers will learn how the creative arts can offer unique opportunities to embody and re-illuminate the human story, stage human vulnerability, foster citizenship and give voice to narratives of human experience.

At over 400 pages, this is a rich and multifaceted collection of articles and chapters about the creative arts in health and interdisciplinary practice, an accessible yet highly informative text that enlightens the reader about the inquiries and the processes while offering first hand insights into approaches, stories of the work in practice, how to method based exercises and lists of comprehensive references.

"Creative Arts in Interdisciplinary Practice, Inquiries for Hope and Change" is a contemporary research collection that features methods that are participative, communal, active and experiential. It speaks of approaches that actively re-illuminate lived experiences and foster and encourage deep and multi-sensory communication and embodied forms of expression with elements visual, emotional, physical and spiritual. In this book, we bring together a field that stresses the vital importance of creativity and the human story, a body of work that seeks to help give voice to the silenced, the oppressed and the marginalized, narrative accounts of personal transformation that honour creative expression as fundamental and at the very source of human meaning and purpose. We invite you to journey through these articles and share in accounts of the creative arts in interdisciplinary practice for hope and change" Editor, Cheryl McLean, Publisher IJCAIP Journal.

About the book



Table of Contents

Editors



Inside news contributors


Just a few of our featured contributors:

Izumi Sakamoto Ph.D., Associate Professor of Social Work, University of Toronto

Nancy Viva Davis Halifax, Ph.D., artist/researcher and Assistant professor, Critical Disability Studies, York University

John Sullivan, Adjunct Faculty, Department of Preventive medicine and Community Health, Public forum and Toxics Assistance, University of Texas Medical Branch

Family Social Sciences, University of Manitoba

Carolyn Garcia, PhD, MPH, RN, Assistant professor, University of Minnesota School of Nursing

Olga Idriss Davis, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Hugh Downs School of Human Communication, Arizona State University

Lata Pada, choreographer, Adjunct Professor, York University, Dance (Order of Canada recipient)

Johnny Saldana, playwright/actor, Professor of Theatre, School of Theatre and Film, Arizona State University

Ian Prinsloo MFA, (former AD, Theatre Calgary)

Lorna Boschman, Documentary and Media Artist, PhD (in process) Simon Fraser

George Belliveau, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Faculty of Education, University of British Columbia

Susan K. MacRae, Registered Nurse, (former Deputy Director, University of Toronto, Joint Centre for Bioethics)

Jacqui Gingras PhD, RD, Assistant Professor, School of Nutrition, Ryerson University

Sherry Fontaine Ph.D., Associate Professor and Director of Healthcare Leadership, Park University

Seema Shah MD, MSPH

Kim Bullock, MD, Director of Community Health Division, Providence Hospital Family Medicine Residency Program

John J. Guiney Yallop Ph.D., Assistant Professor, School of Education , Acadia University

Ardra Cole, EdD, Professor and Co-director, Centre for Arts informed Research, OISE, University of Toronto

Devora Neumark, Interdisciplinary artist, Faculty member MFA Interdisciplinary Art, Goddard College, Vermont

Maura McIntyre Ed.D, Adjunct Professor, OISE, Centre for Arts informed Research, University of Toronto

Arts and Research as a Path to Hope and Change

Creative Arts in Interdisciplinary Practice,
Contributor Features

"Conventional forms of research are primarily results oriented, focus on advancing propositional knowledge and reach limited audiences. In the service of our lofty goal of putting care on the map, we are informed in our research approach by principles, processes and forms related to the arts. The main purposes of arts informed research are to enhance understanding of the human condition through alternative (to conventional) processes and representational forms of inquiry; and to reach multiple audiences by making scholarship more accessible. The methodology infuses the languages, processes and forms of literary, visual and performing arts with the expansive possibilities of scholarly inquiry for purposes of advancing knowledge."

Ardra Cole EdD and Maura McIntyre EdD, Paying Tribute to Caregivers through Arts informed Research as a Path to Hope and Change, "Creative Arts in Interdisciplinary Practice, Inquiries for Hope and Change", pg. 401.)




Ardra Cole EdD is Professor and Co-director of the Centre for Arts informed Research (CAIR) in the Department of Adult Education and Counselling Psychology, Ontario Institute for Studies of Education, OISE, University of Toronto. Her most recent book is "Handbook of the Arts in Qualitative Research: Perspectives, Methodologies, Examples and Issues" (2008) published by Sage.

Maura McIntyre EdD is an Adjunct Professor at The Ontario Institute for Studies in Education of The University of Toronto. She is a founding member of the Centre for Arts Informed Research at OISE, University of Toronto

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Maura McIntyre, Ardra Cole



Find out more about the book Creative Arts in Interdisciplinary Practice, Inquiries for Hope and Change:

About the book

Table of Contents

Editors

More Inside news contributors Creative Arts Interdisciplinary Practice text

(go to this post then scroll down to read other posts and meet a few of the contributors to the text, "Creative Arts in Interdisciplinary Practice, Inquiries for Hope and Change" )

The Voice of the Artist as Researcher

Creative Arts in Interdisciplinary Practice,
Contributor Features

"As an artist researcher I use the arts as form, method, analysis and more as the inquiry itself moves us toward social justice and equity. My work, often done in communities, does its best to be participatory and community based but there are often practical and economic considerations that need discussion. My work recognizes the long-term commitment and hence understands the years it takes to work within and build relationships with communities. It also is familiar with the importance of using art as process and product in communities and how staying with arts practices, staying in the metaphors, reveals significant subjective and community shifts."



(From, Writing Toward Homelessness, An Artist Researcher's Reflections, "Creative Arts in Interdisciplinary Practice, Inquiries for Hope and Change" pg. 45)

Nancy Viva Davis Halifax Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Clinical Disability Studies, York University brings her interdisciplinary experience to her teaching and research which is located at the intersections of health care, gender, embodiment, difference and disability, arts informed research and pedagogy. She has worked broadly in health research using the arts and documentary and participatory methods with economically displaced persons in Canada. Her research uses the arts for sustaining and creating conversations around social change, self determination, social auto/biographies and for engaging communities in cultural democracy.

Leading Edge Research Featured in Book Shaping Emerging Field of Creative Arts in Interdisciplinary Practice

Just Released!

Press Release, August 24, 2010
IJCAIP office, London, Ontario



A just released research text will help shape the emerging field of The Creative Arts in Interdisciplinary Practice.

The inaugural text in the CAIP, Creative Arts in Interdisciplinary Practice, research series, "Creative Arts in Interdisciplinary Practice, Inquiries for Hope and Change" has been released today and is now available for purchase.

The book (editor Cheryl L. McLean, Publisher of The International Journal of The Creative Arts in Interdisciplinary Practice associate editor, Robert Kelly, Associate Professor, Fine Art, University of Calgary) is a project of IJCAIP, The International Journal of The Creative Arts in Interdisciplinary Practice, and is published by Detselig Temeron Books, Calgary.

The groundbreaking text introduces an emerging and rapidly growing field with a dynamic collection of illustrative articles featuring artists, leading academics, health researchers, nurse educators, physicians, educators, environmentalists and others who actively use the creative arts in interdisciplinary practice in cutting edged research and in methodologies for health, hope and change. Readers will learn how the creative arts can offer unique opportunities to embody and re-illuminate the human story, stage human vulnerability, foster citizenship and give voice to narratives of human experience.

At over 400 pages, this is a rich and multifaceted collection of articles and chapters about the creative arts in research and action, an accessible yet highly informative text that enlightens the reader about the inquiries and the processes while offering first hand insights into approaches, stories of the work in practice, how to method based exercises and lists of comprehensive references.

"Creative Arts in Interdisciplinary Practice, Inquiries for Hope and Change" is a contemporary research collection that features methods that are participative, communal, active and experiential. It speaks of approaches that actively re-illuminate lived experiences and foster and encourage deep and multi-sensory communication and embodied forms of expression with elements visual, emotional, physical and spiritual. In this book, we bring together a field that stresses the vital importance of creativity and the human story, a body of work that seeks to help give voice to the silenced, the oppressed and the marginalized, narrative accounts of personal transformation that honour creative expression as fundamental and at the very source of human meaning and purpose. We invite you to journey through these articles and share in accounts of the creative arts in interdisciplinary practice for hope and change"

Editor, Cheryl McLean, Publisher IJCAIP Journal.

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About the book



Table of Contents

Editors



Inside news contributors

Here are just a few of our contributors featured in the book, "Creative Arts in Interdisciplinary Practice, Inquiries for Hope and Change:

Izumi Sakamoto Ph.D., Associate Professor of Social Work, University of Toronto

Nancy Viva Davis Halifax, Ph.D., artist/researcher and Assistant professor, Critical Disability Studies, York University

John Sullivan, Adjunct Faculty, Department of Preventive medicine and Community Health, Public forum and Toxics Assistance, University of Texas Medical Branch

Family Social Sciences, University of Manitoba

Carolyn Garcia, PhD, MPH, RN, Assistant professor, University of Minnesota School of Nursing

Olga Idriss Davis, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Hugh Downs School of Human Communication, Arizona State University

Lata Pada, choreographer, Adjunct Professor, York University, Dance (Order of Canada recipient)

Johnny Saldana, playwright/actor, Professor of Theatre, School of Theatre and Film, Arizona State University

Ian Prinsloo MFA, (former AD, Theatre Calgary)

Lorna Boschman, Documentary and Media Artist, PhD (in process) Simon Fraser

George Belliveau, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Faculty of Education, University of British Columbia

Susan K. MacRae, Registered Nurse, (former Deputy Director, University of Toronto, Joint Centre for Bioethics)

Jacqui Gingras PhD, RD, Assistant Professor, School of Nutrition, Ryerson University

Sherry Fontaine Ph.D., Associate Professor and Director of Healthcare Leadership, Park University

Seema Shah MD, MSPH

Kim Bullock, MD, Director of Community Health Division, Providence Hospital Family Medicine Residency Program

John J. Guiney Yallop Ph.D., Assistant Professor, School of Education , Acadia University

Ardra Cole, EdD, Professor and Co-director, Centre for Arts informed Research, OISE, University of Toronto

Maura McIntyre Ed.D, Adjunct Professor, OISE, Centre for Arts informed Research, University of Toronto

Final Call for Abstracts Creative Arts in Research

CALL FOR ABSTRACTS for Book 2 in the CAIP RESEARCH SERIES

Creative Arts in Research for Community and Cultural Change, Editor , Cheryl McLean, Publisher, International Journal of The Creative Arts in Interdisciplinary Practice, Associate Editor, Robert Kelly, Associate Professor, Faculty of Fine Art, University of Calgary, will be the second text in the groundbreaking Creative Arts in Interdisciplinary Practice (CAIP) Research Series published by Detselig Temeron Press.

Building on the fundamentals of Book 1, the inaugural text, Creative Arts in Interdisciplinary Practice, Inquiries for Hope and Change, Book 2 in the CAIP Research Series, Creative Arts in Research for Community and Cultural Change is a contemporary and topical collection of illustrative articles about the creative arts in research, action and practice for community and cultural change.

Taking a global perspective, the text “Creative Arts in Research for Community and Cultural Change” will explore the creative arts applied broadly across disciplines in research shaping cultural understandings, fostering peace and bridging communities, creative arts approaches around migration, peace and reconciliation, communities and environmental action, disability culture as well as discussing applications of the creative arts in many forms addressing critical health issues for improved quality of life.

The text will feature informative and thought provoking articles describing applications of the creative arts in research within neighborhoods, villages and cities integrated in distinctive ways to help investigate, explore, articulate and communicate research findings while working creatively and actively within and beyond borders to foster transformative change. This important contemporary research text will be a new and valuable source of information as well as a call for creative new approaches in contemporary research leading to individual and community empowerment and meaningful action.

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FINAL CALL FOR ABSTRACTS

Creative Arts in Research for Community and Cultural Change

(Book 2 in the CAIP, Creative Arts in Interdisciplinary Practice Research Series)

Editor, Cheryl McLean, Publisher, International Journal of The Creative Arts in Interdisciplinary Practice, Associate Editor, Robert Kelly, Faculty of Fine Art, University of Calgary

Publisher Detselig, Temeron Press

· Send an abstract (max. 1 pg.) email to: CherylMcLean@ijcaip.com

· “submission Creative Arts in Research for Community and Cultural Change” in the subject line.

· Word attachment

· Include a short bio and brief list of selected references supporting your content

· Due date for abstracts: July 23, 2010. Selected candidates advised by July 30, 2010.

Final papers due September 15, 2010.

Meet our editors:

http://creativeartpractice.blogspot.com/2010/03/introducing-our-editors-caip-research.html

Creative Arts in Interdisciplinary Practice, Inquiries for Hope and Change Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Creative Arts in Interdisciplinary Practice, Inquiries for Hope and Change

PART 1

Creative Arts in Research and Action for Community Change

Community Based Research, Collaborating for Change
Collaborating to Tell the Stories of Homelessness in Toronto
Izumi Sakamoto, Matthew Chin, Cyndy Baskin

The Voice of the Artist Researcher, Homelessness in Toronto
Writing Toward Homelessness, An Artist/Researcher's Reflections
Nancy Viva Davis Halifax

Engaging Neighbours, Transforming Toxic Realities
Community Environmental Forum Theatre to Promote Environmental Justice
John Sullivan

From the field, Photography and Theatre in HIV Research
Javier Mignone, Carla Pindera, Jennifer Davis, Paula Migliardi, Carol D.H. Harvey

Our Voice through Pictures, Mother and Daughter
The Story of a Community based Latina Mother and Daughter Photovoice Intervention
Carolyn Garcia, Sandi Lindgren

Cultural Art and Performance in Communicating
and Addressing Health Disparities in Our Community
A Community Based Participatory Approach with Arts as a translational Bridge to Knowledge
Olga Idriss Davis

PART 2

Performance in Health, Embodied Understandings

Revealed by Fire
A Story of Grief, Dance and Transformation
Lata Pada

Dramatizing the Data, Ethnodramas about Health and Illness
Staging Human Vulnerabiility, Fragility and Resiliency
Johnny Saldana

Moving Toward Kinaesthetic Understandings of Illness in Healthcare
April Nunes Tucker, Amanda Price

Mining the Depths: Performing Stories of Home and Homelessness,
Creating the Space for Deep Listening and Understanding
Ian Prinsloo, Jessie Negropontes, Sarada Eastham, Christine Walsh, Gayle Rutherford

PART 3

Creative Arts in Action and Practice Special Populations
Self Expression, Identity, Community


Encouraging Citizenship for Individuals with Developmental Disabilities
Creative Self-Exprssion and Community Media Arts
Lorna R. Boschman

"Rapping from the Inside Out", Music therapy and "Rap" for Self Expression with an Individual Diagnosed with Schizophrenia: A Case Study
Anthony DiGiacomo

From the Field, Music and Songwriting for Closure at End-of Life
Amy Clements-Cortes

Community, Hope and Transformation for a Hard of Hearing Student
Theresa Webber, George Belliveau, Graham W. Lea

PART 4

Narrative and Story

To be Human with other Humans,
A Caregiver's Narrative
Susan K. MacRae

From the Field, Creative New Directions in Dietetics Research and Education,
A voice for Change
Catherine Morley

Mapping Resiliency: Building Bridges Toward the Future in Dietetics,
An Experiential Arts Based Narrative Inquiry
Jacqui Gingras, Jennifer Atkins

From the Field,
The Convergence of Expressive Art and Community Based Cancer Education
Melany Cueva

Creating a Place for the Arts in Healthcare Management Education
Sherry Fontaine

Narrative and Honouring the Patient's Voice in Health Professional Education
Seema Shah

From the Field, Digital Storytelling in the Social Work Classroom
Christine Walsh

Digital Stories and Experiential Learning,
Teaching Medical Students about Patients as Educators
Kim A. Bullock, Kathleen McNamara, Donna Cameron

From the Field, Sharing the Voices of our Elders through Digital Story
Patti Fraser

My Mother's Body: An Autoethnographical Story
A Story of Grieving, Remembering and Touch
John J. Guiiney Yallop

Paying Tribute to Caregivers through Arts Informed Research
Arts Informed Research as a Path to Hope and Change
Ardra Cole, Maura McIntyre

PART 5

Interdisciplinary Art Practice for Personal and Community Healing

Collaborative Live Art and the Transformation of Displacement
Devora Neumark



Book (440 pgs. )

About the Book

EDITORS, Cheryl McLean, Robert Kelly

Inside news about some of our featured contributors

History of The International Journal
of The Creative Arts in Interdisciplinary Practice
IJCAIP

Book Release August 2010

Cover design J. Dangerous

Click on cover and read about contents.

SEE TABLE OF CONTENTS

For release August 2010.

Book Offers Hope for Change Through Research and Story, American Society for Clinical Pathology Features Creative Arts in Interdisciplinary Practice

Special thanks to award winning editor, Ellen J. Sullivan, for featuring the recent article about the research text, Creative Arts in Interdisciplinary Practice, Inquiries for Hope and Change, Editor, Cheryl McLean, Associate Editor, Robert Kelly published by Detselig Temeron Press, in the just released magazine Critical Values, Volume 3, Issue 3 pgs. 36 - 40.

Critical Values is the official magazine for The American Society for Clinical Pathology in Chicago and is sent to their 130,000 members across the nation working as pathologists and laboratory professionals. The article features news about the book and describes content referring to articles contributed by Johnny Saldana, a leader in the emerging genre "ethnodrama", Susan MacRae, formerly Deputy Director of the University of Toronto Joint Centre for Bioethics who uses narrative and story methods to help foster self expression and Kim Bullock MD family medicine and emergency room physician and Director of Community Health Division in the Department of Family Medicine at Georgetown University Medical Centre in Washington DC a physician who has used digital story methodologies as an approach for teaching and training medical students. The article also features a photograph of the collage installation that was used in developing "Remember Me for Birds" an ethnodrama about aging, mental health and autonomy.

A photo of the book cover created by artist James Dangerous is prominently featured and highlights the research text's contemporary approach and design.

"If you were to put your life under the microscope what would be the story behind the slide?"

The article begins with an interesting question, "If you were to put your life under the microscope what would be the story behind the slide?" This question opens the way for introspection and self examination through story to meaningfully and creatively explore the individual and the profession.

It is an unprecedented time of transition for the profession of pathology and laboratory medicine with an increasing demand for lab professionals to manage pivotal roles as scientists and creative problem solvers. Pathologists also take on additional roles as consultants, collaborators, teachers and communicators. This article featured in the American Society for Clinical Pathology magazine "Critical Values" helps demonstrate, through illustrative examples, the many ways the creative arts as applied in research and interdisciplinary practice could offer hope as the profession seeks to broadly communicate a multi faceted image while sharing the human stories behind the microscope and the lives behind the slides.


Check out the article now in Critical Values Magazine, American Society of Clinical Pathology

http://www.criticalvalues.org/cv_july-2010/index.html


use the navigation arrow and go to pgs. 36 - 40 to access the article. Or download the pdf at the website.



"Creative Arts in Interdisciplinary Practice, Inquiries for Hope and Change" published by Detselig Temeron Press will be released August 2010 to be followed by two additional research texts, "Creative Arts in Research for Community and Cultural Change" and "Story, Technology and Transformation" Ordering information: CherylMcLean@ijcaip.com

Cheryl McLean, Editor, CAIP Research Series.
CherylMcLean@ijcaip.com

Stories in Palliative Care, A Place for Creative Discovery and Self Expression

Posted by, Cheryl McLean, Publisher International Journal of the Creative Arts in Interdisciplinary Practice, IJCAIP
Editor, Creative Arts in Interdisciplinary Practice CAIP Research Series

It is well known that the creative arts can be helpful in health and healing in many ways.

How can drama and story help caregivers access and express stories for hope and change? In supportive work with caregivers and healthcare providers drama and story work can help facilitate a deep form of personal self discovery while fostering empathy and understanding. Performing drama influenced activities can also help caregivers and other healthcare providers reach within and access their own stories reflecting on the past while drawing actively on the creative and expressive capabilities of the body.

Through drama and story we be and we be/come, seeking to intimately know and understand, connecting with the sacred places of memory and the many stories that shape our present personal and professional identities. Embodied actions (drama exercises, enactments, performing monologues ) as well as writing personal narratives, may lead to epiphanies or resonating rediscoveries which awaken us deeply to new meanings and purpose. Narratives and stories that spring from this kind of active exploration often reflect a sense of discovery and immediacy and the process can be as rich and evocative for the writer as it is for those who are privileged to learn and witness through the performance experience.

I had a special opportunity on June 9 to present as a keynote speaker at the 16^th Annual Spring Palliative Care Conference presented by The North Simcoe Muskoka Palliative Care network. (NSMPCN) I have presented may times for palliative care professionals and bereavement organizations and I was most pleased to see that the North Simcoe Muskoka Palliative Care network was arranging a conference specifically around the theme,“Stories in Palliative Care”.

This conference, arranged by the Conference Planning Task Group of the NSMPCN Education Standing Committee and supported by the Ontario North Simcoe Muskoka Local Health Integration Network, also featured speakers; Maureen Thornton, Nurse Educator and Practice Leader Geriatric Services, Challenges of Serious Mental Illness combined with Palliative Diagnosis, Kerry Berhalter-Whalen,Client Care Coordinator for the NSMPCN, Overcoming the Challenges, Making a Difference, Jennifer Jilks, (who provided palliative care to her mother at home and her father in long term care) Living and Dying with Dignity: A Daughter's Journey through Long-term Care" and humorist and cartoonist Mike Moore, "Laugh More Live Longer".

<sup>My keynote presentation (l hr. 15) “Living Stories of Hope and Change” is delivered in a narrative style , a collection of “tellings”…made up of illustrative and linked stories that draw on personal experiences as well as true stories of my clients and caregivers as well as other dramatic examples of story used in research and practice by researchers and health professionals. In sharing these authentic accounts and narratives through story with audiences I perform and show how personal stories and lived experiences can be communicated in multi sensory ways, embodied physically in role, performed in monologues and presented in poetry and through ritual. A Power Point Presentation and film clips from the research based performance, “Remember Me for Birds” support the presentation with dramatic examples and offer an intimate glimpse into the real lives of persons living in residential care and their caregivers. I also support the presentation with illustrative research examples drawn from the text, “Creative Arts in Interdisciplinary Practice, Inquiries for Hope and Change", (editor, Cheryl McLean, Associate Editor, Robert Kelly, Detselig Temeron Press). The goal is to help audiences directly experience how narratives and stories are shaped within a contextual framework which draws on past and personal history, life changing events and present environment while learning about the importance of accessing, expressing and witnessing personal stories to help illuminate the lives of individuals as whole persons be they patients, caregivers or other healthcare professionals. The talk concludes with time for closure, questions and discussion. This presentation is particularly well suited for healthcare organizations (palliative care, hospice, aging, mental health) and is followed by the workshop “Honouring Life Creating Your Own Stories of Hope and Change”…which is an experiential opportunity for health professionals to take part in “step by step” drama and story based activities while working together within a community of peers to access, create and express their own stories.


Cheryl McLean was recently awarded a Harrison McCain Visiting Professorship at Acadia University, Nova Scotia.  She is editor of the CAIP Research Series, Creative Arts in Interdisciplinary Practice, Creative Arts for Community and Cultural Change and Creative Arts in Humane Medicine, Brush Education, Edmonton.</sup>

Info: CherylMcLean@ijcaip.com

Presentation Raises Awareness about Creative Arts in Interdisciplinary Practice for Change

Creative Arts in Interdisciplinary Practice

Shaping Change, Transforming Communities

Presenter: Cheryl McLean

Cheryl McLean is an independent scholar, educator and executive editor and publisher of The International Journal of The Creative Arts in Interdisciplinary Practice IJCAIP and editor of The CAIP Research Series and books, "Creative Arts in Interdisciplinary Practice Inquiries for Hope and Change" and "Creative Arts in Research for Community and Cultural Change" (Associate Editor, Dr. Robert Kelly, University of Calgary, Published by Detselig Temeron Books, Calgary). In her current presentation Cheryl speaks about the vital role of the creative arts in contemporary research and interdisciplinary practice shaping change and transforming communities. Drawing on leading edged research and the creative arts in practice, this compelling talk demonstrates (through topical research examples, stories, narratives, monologues, poetry and film) how the arts applied across disciplines can help foster quality of life while addressing some of the most critical social issues of our modern times.

Cheryl McLean M.A. has a background in academic publishing and journalism,Adult Education and Social Sciences (Social Science, University of Western Ontario, London) mental health and the arts (MA Concordia University, Montreal). In her graduate work and research she studied Creative Arts Therapies and acting (Stanislavski/realism) under the mentorship of Dr. Muriel Gold, formerly the Artistic Director of the Saidye Bronfman Theatre, Montreal and worked as a group therapist with older persons in mental health in residential care with Maimonides Jewish Geriatric Hospital and The Rene Cassin Institute of Social Gerontology. She wrote the “ethnodrama” script “Remember Me for Birds” about aging, mental health and autonomy based on data gathered in research and true stories (a number of her clients were Holocaust survivors) and toured, performed as a solo actor, in keynote solo performances for national conferences, universities and medical schools in Canada and the U.S. (among them The National Association of Drama Therapy,Rhode Island, Canadian Association of Schools of Social Work Educators' National Conference,Congress of the Humanities, McGill Medical School, McGill Division of Geriatric Medicine) She has taught the course "Creative Responses in Death and Bereavement" at The University of Western Ontario, London and has presented about the creative arts in research and interdisciplinary practice for health research and university based creative arts programmes as well as organizations in healthcare, hospice,palliative care and bereavement and recently presented for The Dietitians' of Canada National Conference and The University of British Columbia, UBC, Okanagan. Her research based ethnodrama was produced as an educational film in 2006.

An agent of change and longtime arts advocate, as publisher of IJCAIP and Editor of the CAIP Research Series, Cheryl McLean continues to publish new research in the creative arts in interdisciplinary practice to help shape the emerging international field raising awareness about the vital role the arts have to play for hope and change in communities worldwide.

Information: CherylMcLean@ijcaip.com Booking now for 2011-12