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Liora Bresler
Interdisciplinary, intercultural travels: Mapping a spectrum of research(er) experiences
Remembering is a realization of belonging, even a social obligation (Assmann, 2008: 114) Can we l... more Remembering is a realization of belonging, even a social obligation (Assmann, 2008: 114) Can we learn to listen? Or to allow silence to speak to us? Can we visualize the space among us and inhabit it with our memories? These are among the questions raised by, and embedded in, my recent participatory art project 'lo scarto', which evolved through the relational dynamics within the group. It was informed by the Reciprocal Maieutics Approach (RMA Dolci, 1973), a pedagogic process based on collective exploration of individuals' experience and intuition. This enabled intersubjective exchange, the activation of history and memories, and the construction of a narrative related to the current intercultural process taking place in Italy. My creative process is here discuss
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Liora Bresler Professor University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign College of Education Curriculum & Instruction Department 1310 South Sixth Street Champaign, IL 61820 Phone: (217) 244-8286 E-mail: liora@illinois.edu Web: http://www.ed.uiuc.edu/liora/ Education 1983 – 1987 Ph. D. in Education Stanford University 1983 – 1985 M.A in Education Stanford University 1977 – 1982 M.A in Musicology Tel-Aviv University, Israel 1971 – 1975 B.A. in Music The Rubin Academy of Music, Tel-Aviv University, Israel Performance and Pedagogy 1971 – 1975 B.A in Philosophy Tel-Aviv University, Israel Honors and Awards 12. Honorary Member, Sigma Alpha Iota (2014-). 11. Distinguished Senior Scholar, College of Education, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (2014). 10. Fulbright scholar, Colombia, Ministry of Culture (2013). 9. Hedda Andersson (visiting) Chair, Lund University, Sweden (2010-2015) 8. NAEA Distinguished Fellow, for outstanding service to the As
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About Liora Bresler
Liora Bresler is a Professor at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. She is also the Hedda Anderson Chair in Lund University, Sweden (Visiting); a Professor II at Stord/Haugesund University College, Norway; and an Honorary Professor in the Hong Kong Institute of Education. Other positions include distinguished visiting professorships at Stockholm University, Sweden, (2009-2011) and at the University of Haifa, Israel (1994/5). Her interdisciplinary work focuses on the arts and qualitative research methodology. In her various editorship roles in books and special issues of academic journals, she has sought to bring together intellectual communities across arts disciplines and cultures to address key areas, for example, early childhood, curriculum and cultural context in her co-edited book, The Arts in Children’s Lives (Bresler & Thompson, 2002; Kluwer); and embodiment in education in her book Knowing Bodies, Moving Mind, (Bresler, 2004, Kluwer).
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