Abstract
This article addresses the importance of action research to provide approaches to emphasizing and acknowledging artful aspects of professional practice in public sector organizations. The article introduces the philosophical works of Knud Ejler Løgstrup and Kari Martinsen as perspectives on artful aspects of professional practices and knowing. In order to concentrate on artful aspects of the research process, empirical material from two arts-involving workshops with teachers are presented as the concrete methodological expression of the participatory ideas of action research. The article addresses embodied dimensions of practice, the role of sensory awareness in professional knowing in organizations, which are some of the main preconditions for contributing to creative, social change, and scholarly weight. Thus, the article contributes with ways to regard action research as artful, participatory processes and practices that enable creation of organizational and public knowledge on the artful aspects of professional practice.
Translated title of the contribution | Artfulness som dimension af professionsudøvelse i organisationer og aktionsforskning: Anerkendelse af sanseligt modtagende og kropslig stemthed i organisationer |
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Original language | English |
Journal | Action Research |
Volume | 20 |
Issue number | 1 |
Pages (from-to) | 27-43 |
Number of pages | 17 |
ISSN | 1476-7503 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Mar 2022 |
Bibliographical note
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Keywords
- action research methodology
- artful action research
- Artful professional practice
- embodied knowing
- learning in organizations
- sensory aware practice