Re-imagining the sketchbook as a medium of encounter

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Author list: Power N.

Publisher: Intellect Ltd.

Publication year: 2018

Volume number: 17

Issue number: 2

Start page: 199

End page: 216

Number of pages: 18

ISSN: 1474-273X

eISSN: 1474-273X

URL: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85056583425&doi=10.1386%2fadch.17.2.199_1&partnerID=40&md5=831349b2221912faf49aa8c849bc7cdc

Languages: English-Great Britain (EN-GB)

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Abstract

This article describes and evaluates an inquiry into the meaning and value of sketchbooks for students and faculty on an MFA programme in Visual Communication at a major Thai university. Methodologically, the inquiry rests upon an extended period of participant observation by the author. This was informed by a phenomenological approach to the apprehension of subjective and intersubjective experience. Conversational data from studio discussions was synthesized with a large body of example sketchbook pages and writings produced by the participants. This material served as the basis for theory production influenced by grounded theory. The outcome of the inquiry is a re-conceptualization of the sketchbook in terms of the various encounters that it affords and the roles that these might play in the development of creative practice. ฉ 2018 Intellect Ltd Article.

Keywords

Encounter, Intersubjectivity, Phenomenology, Reflexivity, Sketchbook