@article{51dc96fe7ee141e0933e5c84a8c071de,
title = "Towards attentive, playful arts-based methodology with children",
abstract = "This paper shares methodological insights from our research which sought to centre children in the production of knowledge during the 2020 global pandemic to consider how this can inform research with children beyond the crisis. Drawing on our longitudinal participatory arts-based research with 30 children aged 9–12 during 2020–22, the paper illustrates our response to the shifting research landscape which included navigating social restrictions to develop child-centred ways of working with socially distanced arts-based methods and technologies. The paper sets out key principles focused on foregrounding children{\textquoteright}s ways of knowing and attentive seeing which underpinned our reframing of the research encounter from one in which adults are intent on extracting children{\textquoteright}s ready-made thoughts to a space in which knowledge generation is recognised as a process of co-construction and engagement with children. Central to this process is our commitment to feminist care ethics and the application of principles from early childhood research and pedagogy which prioritise attentiveness to younger children{\textquoteright}s rhythms and pace. Our aim, in setting out an approach which makes a space for playfulness with older children, is to elaborate the potential of slower, attentive methods and to offer a methodological framework to address to wider questions about what arts-based methods do.",
keywords = "Arts-based methods, Child-centred, Feminist care ethics, Multimodal, Narrative, Older children, Playful, Slow research, Voice",
author = "Helen Lomax and Kate Smith",
note = "Funding Information: We would like to thank the children who researched with us, sharing their stories about the impact of the pandemic on their lives. We would also like to thank the teachers and parents who supported the research at this time. We also thank artists \u2013 Belinda Walsh www.belindawalsh.com ; Anna Zelasko @annaxietea, Finn Tanner, Amanda Ptolomey and Darren Kefford www.media-alive.co.uk who worked so carefully to honour the integrity of the children\u2019s visual and textual narratives. Finally, thank you to Laura Sorvala www.laurasorvala.com for Figures 1, 3 and 4 illustrating how we worked with children. The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: Funding for this research was provided by The British Academy (SRG2021\\211308) and the Huddersfield Centre for Research in Education and Society (HudCRES). Funding Information: The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: Funding for this research was provided by The British Academy (SRG2021\\211308) and the Huddersfield Centre for Research in Education and Society (HudCRES). Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} The Author(s) 2024.",
year = "2024",
month = mar,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1177/20436106241233006",
language = "English",
volume = "14",
pages = "102--120",
journal = "Global Studies of Childhood",
issn = "2043-6106",
publisher = "SAGE Publications Ltd",
number = "1",
}