Rita L. Irwin is a distinguished university scholar and professor of art education at the University of British Columbia, Canada. As a scholar she is best known for her work in a/r/tography, teacher education, curriculum studies and sociocultural concerns.

Alexandra Lasczik is professor of arts and education in the Faculty of Education at Southern Cross University, Australia. She is currently associate dean research and director, Higher Degrees Research in the Faculty of Education. She is an expert educator with 40 years’ experience in the visual arts. 

Anita Sinner is a Professor of Art Education at The University of British Columbia. Her interests include artwork scholarship, international art education, stories as research, and community art education.

Valerie Triggs is a professor in the Faculty of Education at the University of Regina. She has published research about teacher education field experience, curriculum theory and the ecological potential of aesthetic experience in pedagogic and curricular practice.

List of Figures 
Land Acknowledgments 
Acknowledgments
Foreword: On Practicing Intimacy – Stephanie Springgay
An Introduction – Rita L. Irwin, Alexandra Lasczik, Anita Sinner, and Valerie Triggs

Part I: Relationality and Renderings 

Rendering Our Relations – Rita L. Irwin

Essential Readings 

Chapter 1:  A/r/tography: A Metonymic Métissage (2004) – Rita L. Irwin
Chapter 2:  A/r/tography as Living Inquiry Through Art and Text (2005) – Stephanie Springgay, Rita L. Irwin, and Sylvia Wilson Kind
Chapter 3: Research and Creation: Socially Engaged Art in The City of Richgate Project (2010) – Ruth Beer and Rita L. Irwin with Kit Grauer and Gu Xiong
Chapter 4:  A/r/tographic Collaboration as Radical Relatedness (2010) – Barbara Bickel, Stephanie Springgay, Ruth Beer, Rita L. Irwin, Kit Grauer, and Gu Xiong

Conversations

Essential Readings

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