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The current policy shift is toward a more inclusive
society where
people considered socially disadvantaged are no longer
denied access to opportunities in education and
employment.
However it is clear that inclusion as a practice has
far from
been assimilated into our social structures. This
book provides a
model through which participation in the visual arts
can be made more widely accessible. The core thinking
is based
on
the creative experience of seven intellectually
disabled people. The process used has been
conceptualised as
collaboration, as it involves the creative input of both
the participants and facilitating artist. Each
encounter has been
de-
constructed with a view to discovering the key
elements which precipitate the artwork. Theoretical
models used
are
the social model of disability which locates the
disabling factors in environments and structure and
not in people
alongside post-structuralist theories which afford a re-
consideration of difference.
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About the author
Heather Lynch is an artist, researcher and educator. Since 2008has developed the education programme for Tramway, a Glasgow based internationalcontemporary visual and live art venue. She is an honorary Fellow of theStirling Institute of Education. Her research interests are culture, difference and creativity.
