Fincance Development of the work, spreading the method
As outlined in the reader, our WBL courseuses the workplace as a 'content of learning' and uses a 'problem based approach'. At firs this approach seemed a fairly negative one to me as the nature of my work consists of trying to avoid probelms from the outset in order to maintain the comfort and accessability for both the work and the individual. However, on reflection i realised that in order to to avoid problems they must be considerd in order to put the corrrect strategies in place to avoid them.
A quote that caught my eye in the reader was this:
"Being equipped with multiple “tools of learning” may not be sufficient a
preparation for a world that is characterized also, increasingly, by uncertainty (Barnett,
2000, 2007)"This quote is one that reflects the nature of the both the thought and practical process' used by Chickenshed and is the summary of "anti-pigeon holing" for me.
A wall that i constantly face from outside/'mainstream' practitioners is the need to put my work and methodolgy into a box. But has the above states, how can any of us by equipped for a "box" when the world around us is constantly changing through influence of its indivudials?
I agree with your comment that sometimes we feel forced to put our methodology into a box, I think this pressure comes from the fact that we have to publicise our work to the outside world, and how can you sell something to someone if you cant box it up for them to open. However I feel a better way to see what we do with the inclusive methodology that we work with is, rather than box it up in a changing world, to constantly take time to consolidate our knowledge of our practice so that we can truly become experts of what we do ourselves.
ReplyDeleteWhat is hard for me is trying to put into words what we do which I know from past experience you too have this problem. I feel that through consolidating our knowledge of our own method and finding windows of time to understand inclusive practice we can interpret the feeling and process that we do automatically and form it verbally. It’s almost like when you ask a dancer to explain how they do a certain routine or move, they can’t explain, they just do it naturally, I think it’s the same for our inclusive method, however if we equip ourselves with the right vocabulary and time to consolidate we can explain the dance routine of inclusive theatre practice.
your right it has been and still is hard to articlate the nature of our work and consolodating ideas into a package is something that we are forever trying to do. i suppose the difference with our 'mission statement' is that it is forever adapting in order to be conveyed with the most impact and understanding of the recipiant. our 'box' is always changing which can be frustrating but i agree; the consoldation of our knowledge for the appropriate context would definatly be useful.
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