Artful Approaches for the Study of Multiracial Student Experiences: Not Artifact, but Aperture
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| Title: | Artful Approaches for the Study of Multiracial Student Experiences: Not Artifact, but Aperture |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Orkideh Mohajeri (ORCID |
| Source: | AERA Open. 2025 11(1). |
| Availability: | SAGE Publications. 2455 Teller Road, Thousand Oaks, CA 91320. Tel: 800-818-7243; Tel: 805-499-9774; Fax: 800-583-2665; e-mail: journals@sagepub.com; Web site: http://sagepub.com |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
| Page Count: | 16 |
| Publication Date: | 2025 |
| Document Type: | Journal Articles Reports - Research Tests/Questionnaires |
| Education Level: | Higher Education Postsecondary Education |
| Descriptors: | Multiracial Persons, College Students, Student Experience, Higher Education, Educational Research, Research Methodology, Qualitative Research, Inquiry, Freehand Drawing, Visual Aids |
| ISSN: | 2332-8584 |
| Abstract: | Within higher education, various methodologies are used to collect data on student experiences, including both quantitative and qualitative approaches. This paper highlights the importance of attending to artful methodologies particularly when learning with/from mixed and multiracial postsecondary students. We share three artful productions generated by multiracial undergraduate and graduate students from three separate studies, conducted over a range of time from 2017 to 2020. We argue that in each case, the art itself goes far beyond an artifact or "thick description" and instead serves as an aperture to new possibilities for inquiry and analysis. Not only are artful methods a generative form of inquiry with/on multiracial postsecondary students, but also the artful productions of these students can guide and shape continued, future scholarship in this area. Implications are discussed for research and postsecondary students in institutions of higher education. [Note: The volume and issue numbers (v104 nX) shown on the PDF are incorrect. The correct volume and issue numbers are v11 n1.] |
| Abstractor: | As Provided |
| Entry Date: | 2026 |
| Accession Number: | EJ1494766 |
| Database: | ERIC |
| Abstract: | Within higher education, various methodologies are used to collect data on student experiences, including both quantitative and qualitative approaches. This paper highlights the importance of attending to artful methodologies particularly when learning with/from mixed and multiracial postsecondary students. We share three artful productions generated by multiracial undergraduate and graduate students from three separate studies, conducted over a range of time from 2017 to 2020. We argue that in each case, the art itself goes far beyond an artifact or "thick description" and instead serves as an aperture to new possibilities for inquiry and analysis. Not only are artful methods a generative form of inquiry with/on multiracial postsecondary students, but also the artful productions of these students can guide and shape continued, future scholarship in this area. Implications are discussed for research and postsecondary students in institutions of higher education. [Note: The volume and issue numbers (v104 nX) shown on the PDF are incorrect. The correct volume and issue numbers are v11 n1.] |
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| ISSN: | 2332-8584 |
