Arts-based Practices with Young People at the Edge

“A key strength of this book is the clarity with which it advocates for greater consideration of the agentive and transformative possibilities opened up by creative methodologies that involve young people. The contributions offer inspiration for researchers and topics for further discussion and debate. … this work has utility for critical analysis and dialogue about the challenges in countering negative and homogenising representations, while at the same time inviting readers to consider transferable methodological models.” (Naomi Berman, Journal of Applied Youth Studies, Vol. 6, 2023)

Deborah Price is Research Degree Coordinator, Senior Lecturer and Centre for Research in Educational and Social Inclusion (CRESI) Executive member, University of South Australia: Education Futures and President Australian Curriculum Studies Association. Her research spans inclusive education, disability studies, curriculum, wellbeing and advocacy for capabilities and strengths approaches valuing young people’s lived experiences.

Belinda MacGill is Senior Lecturer, artist and researcher at the University of South Australia: Education Futures with a focus on decolonisation through arts-based pedagogies and creative methodologies. Her primary research interests draw on the fields of environmental art education, postcolonial theory, visual methodologies, arts pedagogy and critical race theory.

Jenni Carter is Lecturer in Literacy and English Education at the University of South Australia: Education Futures. Her current research focuses on culturally responsive pedagogies stories, image and the arts and has significant experience in community-based education, professional development and creative pedagogies in school and community settings.