One Piece at a Time: Building Community and a Mosaic Mural
This phenomenological study explored the experiences of community members who worked with a social work community practice class to create a participatory mosaic mural in an ethnically diverse and rapidly gentrifying area of a small city in New England. Community members in this project included peo...
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The University of Alabama
2022-11-01
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| description | This phenomenological study explored the experiences of community members who worked with a social work community practice class to create a participatory mosaic mural in an ethnically diverse and rapidly gentrifying area of a small city in New England. Community members in this project included people working in the community at agencies and schools, artists with studios in the neighborhood, residents, and business owners. Seven community members participated in the study and completed hour-long semi-structured interviews. Analysis revealed three primary themes: (1) artist and community match, (2) what it takes to make it happen, and (3) mural legacy. This paper contributes to literature investigating the value of participatory art projects as a strategy to build collaboration and connectedness utilizing critical service learning and creative placemaking approaches. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-5ab465a939e64a2a84343b025eb6e2132023-08-29T20:56:20ZengThe University of AlabamaJournal of Community Engagement and Scholarship1944-12072837-80752022-11-0115110.54656/jces.v15i1.477One Piece at a Time: Building Community and a Mosaic MuralPaula Gerstenblatt0Caroline Shanti1Samantha Frisk2University of Southern MaineUniversity of Southern MaineUniversity of Southern MaineThis phenomenological study explored the experiences of community members who worked with a social work community practice class to create a participatory mosaic mural in an ethnically diverse and rapidly gentrifying area of a small city in New England. Community members in this project included people working in the community at agencies and schools, artists with studios in the neighborhood, residents, and business owners. Seven community members participated in the study and completed hour-long semi-structured interviews. Analysis revealed three primary themes: (1) artist and community match, (2) what it takes to make it happen, and (3) mural legacy. This paper contributes to literature investigating the value of participatory art projects as a strategy to build collaboration and connectedness utilizing critical service learning and creative placemaking approaches.https://account.jces.ua.edu/index.php/s-j-jces/article/view/477Creative placemakingcommunity engagementcommunity-university partnershipsservice-learningsocial work |
| spellingShingle | Paula Gerstenblatt Caroline Shanti Samantha Frisk One Piece at a Time: Building Community and a Mosaic Mural Journal of Community Engagement and Scholarship Creative placemaking community engagement community-university partnerships service-learning social work |
| title | One Piece at a Time: Building Community and a Mosaic Mural |
| title_full | One Piece at a Time: Building Community and a Mosaic Mural |
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| title_short | One Piece at a Time: Building Community and a Mosaic Mural |
| title_sort | one piece at a time building community and a mosaic mural |
| topic | Creative placemaking community engagement community-university partnerships service-learning social work |
| url | https://account.jces.ua.edu/index.php/s-j-jces/article/view/477 |
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