Becoming A/r/tography

TLDR

A/r/tography is a research methodology, creative practice, and performative pedagogy rooted in rhizomatic, in‑between practices that resists endless critique by inventing concepts and mapping relational intensities. The article investigates what it means to be becoming a/r/tography by examining how this art‑education practice initiates and transforms processes.

Abstract

This article explores moments of becoming a/r/tography. A/r/tography is a research methodology, a creative practice, and a performative pedagogy that lives in the rhizomatic practices of the in-between. Resisting the tendency for endless critique of past experience and bodies of knowledge, a/r/tography is concerned with the creative invention of concepts and mapping the intensities experienced in relational, rhizomatic, yet singular, events. Considering several recent research projects, this article explores what it means to be becoming a/r/tography. Rather than asking what an art education practice means, the question becomes what does this art education practice set in motion do? There can be no being a/r/tography without the processes of becoming a/r/tography.