Curious spaces: Notes on cripping with young people

Working with children, I find it almost impossible to share a fixed set of methods. As artists and educators, we should unlearn testing methods. I can share gifts of truth that have been shared with me, longing for uncomfortable conversations and seeking to create brave spaces. Not methods. One of these gifts was cripping the spaces. We can call these spaces accessible spaces. Or as the antiracist educator and writer Britte Hawthorne calls it: curious and empathic environments.

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Maska
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2026-06-14
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https://doi.org/10.1386/maska_00248_1
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Art Education and Development
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Curious spaces: Notes on cripping with young people

Kira Shmyreva
Maska
Art Education and Development
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Curious spaces: Notes on cripping with young people

Kira Shmyreva
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Abstract

Working with children, I find it almost impossible to share a fixed set of methods. As artists and educators, we should unlearn testing methods. I can share gifts of truth that have been shared with me, longing for uncomfortable conversations and seeking to create brave spaces. Not methods. One of these gifts was cripping the spaces. We can call these spaces accessible spaces. Or as the antiracist educator and writer Britte Hawthorne calls it: curious and empathic environments.

MaskaVol. 41(233)
Openalex Percentile: Top 2%
Art Education and Development
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