Creating Knowledge in Common, Together: A Round Table
Sep 26, 2025 1 to 3:30pm Eastern/10am to 12:30pm Pacific
About the Event
The editors of “Creating Knowledge in Common”, the 2024 special edition of Ground Works focussed on university/community partnered arts integrative research, invite all those engaged in such work to an online session that seeks to turn A2RU’s network towards action in this area. Among the themes that emerged in the special edition and subsequent public programming were the many (and growing) unmet needs associated with realizing these projects; these needs have only increased since the edition’s launch because of the shift in federal priorities and structures. We invite you to join contributors to “Creating Knowledge in Common” in this working session, bringing your experiences with these needs and gaps into lively exchange toward their imaginative and tangible amelioration. Our goal will be to emerge with a better collective view of the many successful systematic and grounded approaches to this collaborative, arts- and design-centered work.
This virtual round table will involve breakout sessions designed to encourage exchange, discovery, and networking for strength and solidarity.
This session will include an introduction to the special edition, and will quickly move into storytelling, question and answer sessions, and breakouts to get into the personal and creative efforts and energies that drive this work forward. Topics include histories of collaboration, creating visions for research based in the arts and design, challenges, and meaningful outcomes that emerge along these journeys. The outcome of this session will be a summary back to the A2RU network of ways to support such work in the present environment.
Registration
In keeping with the open-access mission of Ground Works, all online events related to “Creating Knowledge in Common” are free and open to the public. Please register using the form linked below.