Post-Presentation Reflection Were there too many approaches? Was one approach strongest? In the final feedback questionnaire, gaining feedback on the project overall, the first and last questions gave the strongest results: Do you feel your confidence has increased in using your voice creatively after the workshops? Has the experimental choir improved your mood after singing…

Ellis, C. S. & Bochner, A. P. (2006). ‘Analyzing Analytic Autoethnography: An Autopsy’. Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, 35(4), pp. 429-449. I found myself having a small version of the experience Bochner describes, it was hard to read the article at first. The reportage style of the writing, the illusion of inclusion into a private conversation, made…

Please read the Workshop Reflections blog post before reading this. https://pgcertiplum.myblog.arts.ac.uk/2023/11/08/project-findings/ In the first two workshops I embedded formative feedback exercises to work on the challenge of verbalising sensory experiences as part of participatory data analysis and facilitating feedback from participants to have enough data, this is a known concern when gathering feedback for sound…

Presentation Notes

Participatory Action Research Participatory Action Research, in the model of Paulo Friere’s ‘problem posing education’ is my chosen research method for this project due to the aims (see Rationale post https://pgcertiplum.myblog.arts.ac.uk/2023/11/08/rationale/) to support students to voice their experience of sound and music. This is an act of cognition, that goes beyond the vocabulary acquisition and…

One of the problems all Lecturers face, is finding ways in which we can encourage all students to participate in class. In teaching Sound and Music, this often relies on speech to verbalise the intangible: as sound is an invisible art form. Within UAL, Sound is often held to the parameters of visual arts, which…

Reflecting and Evaluating: Workshop 1 – Reflection Session Plan Workshop 1: 6 participants were present for the first Vocal Workshop, where the score by Annea Lockwood formed the basis for our discussion. I prompted participants verbally by asking them what had been accessible and worked well for them in the score: the incorporation of gesture…

Ethical Action Plan: The forms below show the developing process of my Ethical Action Plan. Notes on Process: By reading the texts below, I gained an understanding of the risks involved for both the participants and for myself as Project Lead. Voice, as a subject matter for a workshop, often raises ideas relating to identity…

I used the templates provided by tutors, I responded to tutor feedback by clarifying some details in the information, this was the only suggested change.