This event features the launch of a report based on the Sorgente study, an arts-based qualitative research project. The main focus of the event is: What are arts-based research methods? How can the arts be used to research a phenomenon?  To illustrate these questions, the Sorgente team will discuss the research methods and findings of the Sorgente study. The project's goal was to support newly-arrived refugees in learning English through performative language pedagogy – integrating second language learning and the arts. The purpose of the study was on understanding the relationship between motivation to belong and performative language learning and how this can be researched through embodied research methods. The study also aimed to support practitioners in cultivating an ethical imagination in the creative process. Research themes will be represented through a poem, Shades of Belonging, and a painting, Coding, by John Fitzsimons, culminating in 7 key statements, known as Painting shades between safety and bravery in trauma-informed performative practice with refugees and migrants. In this performative event, the research team will engage in a panel discussion with performative elements to illustrate arts-based research methods through the key findings of the study. 

Friday 29th September 2023

Time: 4.00-6.00pm

Front Square, Trinity College Dublin

Free event, no booking necessary.

Acknowledgements: 

This event was funded by the Irish Research Council, New Foundations.

Imagery: Aisling McNally