PATHS, PLACES, AND PORTALS TO BELONGING IN THE HEART OF TRU
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PATHS, PLACES, AND PORTALS TO BELONGING IN THE HEART OF TRU
PATHS, PLACES, AND PORTALS TO BELONGING IN THE HEART OF TRU
PATHS, PLACES, AND PORTALS TO BELONGING IN THE HEART OF TRU
Research Friends is a mental sketch mapping study that invites Thompson Rivers University’s Master of Education students to describe and/or draw (in an accessible online questionnaire and/or creative paper field journal) the images and experiences that come to mind about places on campus where they feel invited to belong.
How would you describe the places on campus where you most feel invited to belong? Seeing what is meaningful to us and between us can spark a visual education cycle...
In contrast to feeling like an unwanted guest, people and places that welcome us to be ourself and belong can have a gravitational pull that flows down the paths that lead to them...
The online questionnaire and field journal are original adaptations of mental sketch mapping methods, minimizing barriers to participation and maximizing participant autonomy...
In Gaelic my name means friend. But the English language fails to capture the sacredness of friendship that infuses our senses with tenderness and compassion...
Updated February 1, 2023 | Kara Wright | Thompson Rivers University