Spaces In-between: Text Poems from Community Practice and Research

Authors

  • Paula Gerstenblatt University of Southern Maine
  • Diane Rhodes University of Texas at Austin
  • Lida Holst University of Southern Maine

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18432/ari29090

Keywords:

arts-based methods, community practice, engaged scholarship, collage, poetry

Abstract

A commitment on the part of the academy to address social issues has increased over the past three decades, resulting in service learning courses, volunteering opportunities, and community-university partnerships. Faculty, staff, and community practitioners collaborating to lead these efforts often carry enormous responsibility and answer to often competing interests of students, community members, and universities. Using the experience of an scholar/artist/teacher in a university-community partnership founded by the first author in a racially polarized town, this article explores the potential of arts-based methods, specifically poetry and collage, to mitigate the consequence of this work. The format is a dialogue between two engaged teacher/researcher/practitioners and friends to clarify the hidden experience of the researcher with narrative truth to articulate and share not only experiences, but also lessons learned as a contribution to our fellow teacher/researcher/practitioners.

Author Biographies

Paula Gerstenblatt, University of Southern Maine

Dr. Paula Gerstenblatt, Assistant Professor at University of Southern Maine, has worked for over 25 years with a focus on macro community practice throughout the United States and West Africa in the non-profit and government sector. As a scholar/artist, she utilizes the arts as a tool for community building, teaching, and research.

Diane Rhodes, University of Texas at Austin

Diane McDaniel Rhodes received her Ph.D. in social work from and teaches at the University of Texas at Austin, where her areas of research include partner violence, family violence, and disrupting injustice. She brings twenty-eight years of social service professional experience to her scholarship and teaching, including senior management roles.

Lida Holst, University of Southern Maine

Lida Holst, received her MSW from the University of Southern. She is a therapist at a Federally Qualified Health Center in Maine and is passionate about social work practice and qualitative research that highlights individual and community resilience.

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2018-03-01

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Gerstenblatt, P., Rhodes, D., & Holst, L. (2018). Spaces In-between: Text Poems from Community Practice and Research. Art/Research/International:/A/Transdisciplinary/Journal, 3(1), 114–131. https://doi.org/10.18432/ari29090

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Vol. 3 No. 1 (2018): Poetry and Social Justice Special Issue of Art/Research International: A Transdisciplinary Journal

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Art/Research In Action

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