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From Cocoon to Community: The Role of Silk in Intercultural Learning, Research-Creation and Art Education

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From Cocoon to Community: The Role of Silk in Intercultural Learning, Research-Creation and Art Education

Lo, Jacky (2024) From Cocoon to Community: The Role of Silk in Intercultural Learning, Research-Creation and Art Education. Masters thesis, Concordia University.

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Abstract

Can silk inform us of the past, the present and a reimagined future? This thesis mends together familial histories, intercultural learning, and community-based art education through research-creation. The research addresses silk’s history, production as a collaborative and cultural material in two components, a body of work exhibited at the Centre Culturel Georges-Vainer in Montréal, and a community workshop. The exhibition examines my first research question, above, and the silk moth through weaving, embroidery, and paper works alongside the forgotten experiences of my great-grandmother and family in diaspora. The art-making workshop, guided by the same research question, brought together communities in Montréal through needlework, conversations on materials considerations, and a collective art piece displayed in the exhibition. The research uses the theoretical lens of intercultural arts education to investigate my second research question: how can silk threads, storytelling, and community projects like my workshop connect cultures together, specifically in a diverse and multicultural city like Montréal? By examining the stories woven into silk, I address my third research question, how can projects such as Silk Cocoon contribute to inclusive intercultural art education in community settings? I offer a glimpse into a reimagined future where the threads of the past and present converge, guided by a deeper understanding of our relationship with materials, community, heritage, and the self.

Divisions:Concordia University > Faculty of Fine Arts > Art Education
Item Type:Thesis (Masters)
Authors:Lo, Jacky
Institution:Concordia University
Degree Name:M.A.
Program:Art Education
Date:23 July 2024
Thesis Supervisor(s):Vaughan, Kathleen
Keywords:Silk; Research-Creation; Community; Chinese; Canadian; Intercultural; Moth; Identities.
ID Code:994399
Deposited By: Jacky Ka Chung Lo
Deposited On:24 Oct 2024 15:26
Last Modified:24 Oct 2024 15:26

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