Cover image: Becoming co-conspiratorial © Kathryn Coleman & Abbey MacDonald (2020).
Special Issue: 'Methodologies'
'In his March 1976 germinal work Inside the white cube, Brian O'Doherty critiqued the modernist gallery space as a highly ideological construct that shapes our perception and understanding of art. O'Doherty located the white cube as a purified, clinical container that claims timelessness, power and autonomy. Within its walls, art is housed in a hermetic space of aesthetic contemplation, severed from politics, histories, and life itself. Today, we find ourselves confronting a similar challenge in academic publishing, where the peer-reviewed journal article functions as a kind of intellectual white cube. Just as the gallery space claims neutrality while imposing specific viewing behaviours, the academic article asserts objectivity while enforcing particular ways of thinking and knowing to its subject.'
- Editorial: 'Rethinking Methodology Matters in Art and Design Education Research Through the White Cube', Kathryn Coleman, Abbey MacDonald & Pat Thomson
This special issue of iJADE is dedicated to the examination of contemporary methodologies for researching art and design education.
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iJADE Symposium: Methodology Matters
Thursday 14 May 2026, 9.15am - 10.45am (BST)
Focusing on the tensions explored in their thought provoking ‘non-editorial’ Kathryn Coleman, Abbey MacDonald and Pat Thomson reflect on the process of developing the issue and propose ways of working beyond ‘the white cube’.
This online symposium will include a conversation between Kathryn, Abbey and Pat, followed by a Q&A.
The symposium is free to attend, and open to both members and non-members of NSEAD.
Register for the symposium
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Contents
Editorial : Rethinking Methodology Matters in Art and Design Education Research Through the White Cube
Authors : Kathryn Coleman, Abbey MacDonald & Pat Thomson
Article (Open Access) : When Is a Boundary Not a Boundary? Exploring the Tensions and Potentialities of Creative Practice in Doctoral Research in Art and Design Education
Author : Sian Vaughan
Article (Open Access) : Populating and Staying with Methodological Surprise
Authors : Mira Kallio-Tavin & Mirka Koro
Article : Exploring MacGuffin Interactions in IoT Smart Objects: A Narrative Approach to Design Education Research
Authors : Wan-Chen Lee, Zi-Ru Chen & Rung-Huei Liang
Article (Open Access) : A Critical Analysis of Immersive Environments: A Methodology for Museum Education
Author : Emma June Huebner
Article (Open Access) : Discovering the Familiar: Exploring Everyday Practice in the Design of Tools and Artefacts
Authors : Christian Heath & Jason Cleverly
Article (Open Access) : A Critical Review of Current Trends in Art Education Research in Mainland China: Epistemological Underpinnings, Methodological Practices and Contexts
Author : Ning Luo
Article : Polyphony of (Analytical) Scores, Co-Design, and Creative Methodologies
Authors : Mirka Koro, Ananí M. Vasquez, Corey Reutlinger & Cole McLeod
Article (Open Access) : Boniteza's Arts Chair, Pedagogical Curatorial Practices with Contemporary Artists as Arts-Based Educational Research
Author : José María Mesías-Lema
Article (Open Access) : The Art and Design of Collaborative Autoethnography: Exploring Disciplinary, Methodological and Collaborative Complexity in Education Research
Authors : Suzanne Crowley, Abbey MacDonald & Sharon Fraser
Article : Pairs Together: A/r/tographic Learning in Relation with Visual-Textual Propositions
Authors : Ken Morimoto, Marzieh Mosavarzadeh & Rita L. Irwin
Article : Working at the Edges: Material Explorations on Change in Art Education and Policy Through Teacher Agency
Author : Catherine Lasam-Ballo
Article (Open Access) : Making with the Trouble: Un/Enfolding Posthuman Participants with Young People in Creative Post-Qualitative Research
Author : EJ Renold
Article : STREAM: Integrating Storytelling and Robotics into STEAM Education
Authors : Kyungeun Lim & Soon Goo Lee
Article : Performative Wear: Speculating the Potential to Challenge Designer-Centric Narratives in Fashion Education
Author : Muyo Park