Fortellerens kroppslige erfaring: A/r/tografisk praksis i lærerutdanningen

Through an a/r/tographic approach, this article aims to articulate bodily experiences derived from storytelling practices in Early Childhood Education and school settings, and to explore how these experiences influence and expand the understanding of teaching practices within teacher education. The article links an a/r/tographic approach to a body phenomenological perspective. This methodology acknowledges bodily and personal experiences as processes that are continuously interacting with their surroundings and the world, through the dynamics of touching and being touched. The material consists of the a/r/tographer's bodily experiences, organized from three positions related to proximity and distance: 1) Balanced, 2) Close, and 3) Distanced. Central to the discussion are reflections on the potential interactions that emerge between the storyteller and the child, and in novel ways between the teacher and the students. This approach seeks to contribute to broadening perspectives on teacher educators' practices and to enhance and nuance the interaction between teacher educators and students, proposing three possible positions for proximity and distance. Photo: Ingvild Olsen Olaussen