‘Say Cheese!’ exploring consent and performance in the 'shutter moment' of School Photo Day

Shaw, Becky and Ray, Jo (2024) ‘Say Cheese!’ exploring consent and performance in the 'shutter moment' of School Photo Day. Qualitative Research. ISSN 1468-7941 (In Press)

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Abstract

School Photo Day (2020) was an art intervention as research method, made in the context of a transdisciplinary project exploring children’s experiences of school. Artist researchers invited junior school children to work with them to make portraits of themselves, in a process that closely emulated the prosaic school photograph day experience that is common in the UK. The co-production of a photo with each participant resulted in a printed image delivered to their carers. School Photo Day (2020) facilitated a ‘stage’ or ‘set’ for a collaborative performance, where children negotiated ‘making themselves’ in a space of complex power relations and representation, where peer relationships, the time-space of school, and the surrounding community of carers and families entangled. We asked how this method could bring new attunement and sensitivity to the way school life constructs children, and in turn how they feel at school.

Item Type:	Article
Additional Information:	accepted for publication in Qualitative Research
Dates:	Date Event 16 December 2024 Accepted
Subjects:	CAH25 - design, and creative and performing arts > CAH25-01 - creative arts and design > CAH25-01-02 - art
Divisions:	Faculty of Arts, Design and Media > College of Art and Design
Depositing User:	Gemma Tonks
Date Deposited:	17 Dec 2024 09:28
Last Modified:	17 Dec 2024 09:28
URI:	https://www.open-access.bcu.ac.uk/id/eprint/16034

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