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<p><em>A view from my writing table - a little snippet of my doctoral work.</em></p>
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<p>This page is a work-in-progress. Shortly I will update it with links to my research contributions. But in the meantime, here is a link to a wee piece recently published for the Christchurch Art Gallery. I hope you enjoy. <br><br><a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://christchurchartgallery.org.nz/blog/note/2020/04/contemplative-art-play-with-nature?fbclid=IwAR1NdvjZuhMSv3Fe10Xr-SZdo4ZvP3MpDmC-ThCiDhPLO6SFRIIvpU9wf90" target="_blank">Contemplative art play with natur</a><a href="https://christchurchartgallery.org.nz/blog/note/2020/04/contemplative-art-play-with-nature?fbclid=IwAR1NdvjZuhMSv3Fe10Xr-SZdo4ZvP3MpDmC-ThCiDhPLO6SFRIIvpU9wf90" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">e</a></p>
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<p>OUR CHCH - AN INSTAGRAM PROJECT<br>In 2016, my colleague and research buddy - Dr Stacey Bush - and I embarked on an Instagram project, as part of our presentation at ANZATA's annual symposium. Inspired by the title and location of the symposium - Artful Transitions in Christchurch, NZ - we invited people in Christchurch (residents and visitors) to document (through photography) and upload (via Instagram) their sense of 'Christchurch in transition', after the Christchurch earthquakes. These pieces were shared by people we knew and didn't know, accompanied most importantly with the hashtag #ourchch_artfultransitions. When it came time for our presentation the collection of images were shared with our audience. This opened up a conversations and resulted artistic responses, offerings, to the images of others.</p>
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<p>The hashtag has lived on beyond our small community project and it has been wonderful to see spread beyond, to capture what artful transition is over time. These images can be found here: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/ourchch_artfultransitions/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/ourchch_artfultransitions/</a> </p>
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