Lifelong learning, the arts and community cultural engagement in the contemporary university

Introduction: Darlene E. Clover and Kathy Sanford
Section One: Arts-based teaching and learning
1. Embodied learning through story and dramatic play: Shifting values in university settings – Kathy Sanford and Kristin Mimick, University of Victoria
2. Dream, believe, lead: Learning citizenship playfully at the University of Cape Town – Astrid von Kotze and Janet Small, University of the Western Cape
3. Crossing a cultural divide: Transgressing the margins into public spaces fosters adult learning – Tara Hyland-Russell, St. Mary’s University College and Janet Groen, University of Calgary
4. University teacher education and the Pop-up Art School – Christine Jarvis and Sarah Williamson, University of Huddersfield
5. Fear of glue, fear of thread: Teaching arts-based practice in the adult education classroom – Shauna Butterwick, University of British Columbia and Darlene E. Clover, University of Victoria
Section Two: Arts-based Research and Enquiry
6. Mentoring arts-based research in the academy: A tale of two professors – Randee Lipson Lawrence, National-Louis University and Patricia Cranton, Penn State University
7. Collage-making for interdisciplinary research skills training in Northern Ireland – Shelley Tracey and Joe Allen, Queens University
8. Theatre-based action research for health in Denmark – Mia Husted and Ditte Tofteng, Roskilde University
Section Three: Community Cultural Engagement
9. Weaving tales of hope and challenge: Exploring diversity through Metissage – Catherine Etmanski, Will Weigler, Grace Wong-Sneddon, University of Victoria
10. A new ‘Age of Enlightenment’: Challenges and opportunities for lifelong learning, museums and cultural engagement at the University of Glasgow – Maureen Park, University of Glasgow, Scotland
11. Empowering literary educators and learners in Northern Ireland: University-community engagements for peace – Rob Mark, University of Strathclyde
12. Creative pathways: Developing lifelong learning for community dance practitioners – Victoria Hunter, University of Leeds
Overlay: Messages, Tension and Threads – Darlene E. Clover and Kathy Sanford