Exhibiting Creative Geographies Bringing Research Findings to Life

• Main Author: Boyd, Candice P. (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore Springer Nature 2023
• Subjects: Human geography; Anthropology; Society & social sciences; visual knowledge; museum geographies; non-representational theory; cultural geography; creative arts; visual anthropology; rural sociology; GeoHumanities; art-science collaborations; social impact; creative geographies; exhibitions; knowledge translation; creative coproduction
• Online Access: OAPEN Library: download the publication; OAPEN Library: description of the publication

This open access book provides a detailed example of arts-based knowledge translation from start to finish for any scholar interested in communicating research findings through art. Firmly grounded in the GeoHumanities, a field at the intersection of cultural geography and the arts, this book explores the theory and practice of research exhibitions. Commencing with an overview of arts in health and art-science collaborations, this book also explores the concept of 'affective knowledge translation'. In doing so, it describes the creative co-production, staging, and evaluation of the Finding Home exhibition which toured Australia during 2021. As a demonstration of the power of art to engage audiences, raise awareness of social issues, communicate lived experience, and extend the reach of cultural geographic research, this book is relevant to academics from any discipline who are keen to increase the societal impact of their work.