Squares for breathing, becoming, and beholding : cultivating a relationship with the unknown
department or school: Education, Faculty of
department or school: Curriculum and Pedagogy (EDCP), Department of
data provider: DSpace
degree campus: UBCV
creator: Lee, Nicole Yung Sin
issued: 2021-07-30T15:24:56Z
issued: 2021
related degree: Doctor of Philosophy - PhD
degree grantor: University of British Columbia
description: Drawing from the autobiographical context of impossibility to know and understand a suicide loss, this writing traces concept-based (Bal, 2002, 2009) paths for personal becoming. The work entails an exploration of what it means to cultivate a relationship with the unknown. It illustrates a four-movement conceptual framework inspired by a meditative square breathing exercise: the unknown, attunement, presence, and home. The framework offers a structure to brave the chaotic, tumultuous unknown with the goal of finding peace and equanimity. Though this writing outlines a series of paths, journeying through the square demands individuals to repeatedly meet, adjust, and transform themselves in the process. Navigating the four movements encourages one to live life as a constantly emerging and unfolding revelation. The author makes her journeys in relation to academic, artistic, curricular, pedagogical, and personal inquiries and practices, using methodological compasses of living inquiry (Irwin & de Cosson, 2004; Meyer, 2006, 2010; Springgay et al., 2005), specifically a/r/tography (LeBlanc & Irwin, 2019; Springgay et al., 2008; Triggs & Irwin, 2019), currere (Pinar, 1975, 2004), and contemplative practice (Garbutt & Roenpagel, 2018; Kumar, 2013). The conceptual study of individual movements develops in tandem with an artistic practice, including walking, divination, conceptual art, and textile installation work. Each turn of the framework inspires considerations of the self amidst affective, temporal, spatial, spiritual, and relational entanglements with(in) the world. This tracing demonstrates how attuning to the good, hauling in the world, being at home in it, and crossing into the unknown again are lifelong processes much like breathing. With every conceptual turn, the author faces important lessons of living with an ethos of abundance, of reaching for the beyond with faith and persistence, of worlding while holding fast to ethics and love, and of stepping forward wit…
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note: SQUARES FOR BREATHING, BECOMING, AND BEHOLDING: CULTIVATING A RELATIONSHIP WITH THE UNKNOWN by Nicole Yung Sin Lee B.F.A. (Visual Arts Studio), York University, 2012 B.Ed., York University, 2012 M.Ed., York University, 2016 A THESIS SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY in THE FACULTY OF GRADUATE AND POSTDOCTORAL STUDIES (Curriculum Studies) THE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA (Vancouver) July 2021 © Nicole Yung Sin Lee, 2021 ii The following individuals certify that they have read, and recommend to the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies for acceptance, the dissertation entitled: Squares for Breathing, Becoming, and Beholding: Cultivating a Relationship with the Unknown submitted by Nicole Yung Sin Lee in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Curriculum Studies Examining Committee: Rita L. Irwin, Professor, Department of Curriculum & Pedagogy, UBC Supervisor William F. Pinar, Professor, Department of Curriculum & Pedagogy, UBC Supervisory Committee Member Hsiao-Cheng Sandrine Han, Associate Professor, Department of Curriculum & Pedagogy, UBC Supervisory Committee Member Susan Gerofsky, Associate Professor, Department of Curriculum & Pedagogy, UBC University Examiner Marla Buchanan, Professor, Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology, and Special Education, UBC University Examiner Jorge Lucero, Associate Professor, School of Art & Design, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign External Examiner iii Abstract Drawing from the autobiographical context of impossibility to know and understand a suicide loss, this writing traces concept-based (Bal, 2002, 2009) paths for personal becoming. The work entails an exploration of what it means to cultivate a relationship with the unknown. It illustrates a four-movement conceptual framework inspired by a meditative square breathing exercise: the unknown, attunement, presence, and home. The framework offers a stru…
has type: Thesis/Dissertation
date issued: 2021-11
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0401116
language: eng
degree discipline: Curriculum Studies
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: University of British Columbia
rights: Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
rights URI: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
scholar level: Graduate
contributor: Irwin, Rita L., 1955-
type: Text
identifier URI: http://hdl.handle.net/2429/79160