https://traceproject.cargo.site TRACE Mon, 02 Oct 2023 19:03:37 +0000 https://traceproject.cargo.site en https://traceproject.cargo.site/Front-page Mon, 02 Oct 2023 19:03:34 +0000 TRACE https://traceproject.cargo.site/Front-page Tracing the Enduring Effects of Community Arts Programs <img width="4016" height="6016" width_o="4016" height_o="6016" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b0549b6372ad4d7f19f03e04c798c9aa9664bb332d949fd76634989d86416150/pexels-pavel-danilyuk-8382353.jpeg" data-mid="195468751" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b0549b6372ad4d7f19f03e04c798c9aa9664bb332d949fd76634989d86416150/pexels-pavel-danilyuk-8382353.jpeg" /> <img width="3456" height="5184" width_o="3456" height_o="5184" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/800bfd5b245fe08a6a2b375716ea8374834ce25e5cfec2959a9b27d70ccbb69f/pexels-fabricio-lira-2896162.jpeg" data-mid="195468398" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/800bfd5b245fe08a6a2b375716ea8374834ce25e5cfec2959a9b27d70ccbb69f/pexels-fabricio-lira-2896162.jpeg" /> <img width="3928" height="5892" width_o="3928" height_o="5892" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a76e40fd0e7e34f5dd1aef621ed9728d35d3f1f1ae3fa7ebebe4ae2870da515d/pexels-rdne-stock-project-8363747.jpeg" data-mid="195468114" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a76e40fd0e7e34f5dd1aef621ed9728d35d3f1f1ae3fa7ebebe4ae2870da515d/pexels-rdne-stock-project-8363747.jpeg" /> Tracing the Enduring Effects of Community Arts Programs (TRACE) is a research study commissioned by the Wallace Foundation. The study, a partnership of four universities (University of California at Irvine, Deakin University, The New School and the University of Kentucky) aims to explore how participating in community arts programs influences people’s career and life trajectories. Working in collaborative partnership with community arts programs across the US, Australia and the UK, our study examines the potential shaping force of Out-of-School Time (OST) programs on identity formation and the influences on life activities resulting from participation. The study intends to shed light on the capacity of creative communities of practice and OST programs, in particular, to impact the life experiences of marginalized youth. https://traceproject.cargo.site/Information Mon, 02 Oct 2023 19:03:34 +0000 TRACE https://traceproject.cargo.site/Information TRACETracing the Enduring Effects of Community Arts Programs (TRACE) aims to explore how participating in community arts programs influences the career and life trajectories of people who come from communities where such programs are based. Working in collaborative partnership with community arts programs across the US, Australia and the UK, we examine the potential shaping force of OST programs on identity formation and the influences on life activities resulting from participation. The study intends to shed light on the capacity of creative communities of practice and OST programs, in particular, to impact the life experiences of marginalized youth. &nbsp;The project takes place across four years (2021-2024) and consists of both a data collection phase and a participatory design research phase that includes past OST participants who take part in the study. Program leaders, policy makers, researchers and funders will be able to use the study’s findings in the support, design, implementation, improvement, and extension of programs and to further test and refine strategies for long-term impacts of considerable social import. <img width="3001" height="1876" width_o="3001" height_o="1876" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/266c3eef1a0a1d03e5b656d94771db91d84f98862acfea28c88ca64897e52c0f/horizontal.svg" data-mid="192493133" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/266c3eef1a0a1d03e5b656d94771db91d84f98862acfea28c88ca64897e52c0f/horizontal.svg" /> Aenean aliquet nec nibh et aliquet. Sed in lorem sed est ultricies aliquet. Curabitur et nunc vehicula, fringilla nulla tincidunt, consectetur turpis. Sed sodales leo justo, ut aliquam ligula ullamcorper ut. Sed ultrices odio vitae lorem finibus aliquam. Curabitur eu rutrum nulla. Etiam dapibus justo id facilisis ullamcorper. https://traceproject.cargo.site/About Mon, 02 Oct 2023 19:03:35 +0000 TRACE https://traceproject.cargo.site/About About Trace <img width="4032" height="3024" width_o="4032" height_o="3024" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/85438d8edf3697a09a4635c427d517f39cf66e22d812c1d35e07343288525735/Oct-2022-Team-Meeting-at-UCI-1.jpg" data-mid="193501118" border="0" data-scale="95" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/85438d8edf3697a09a4635c427d517f39cf66e22d812c1d35e07343288525735/Oct-2022-Team-Meeting-at-UCI-1.jpg" /> TRACE project team meeting at UC Irvine, October 2022 Tracing the Enduring Effects of Community Arts Programs (TRACE) is an international collaborative research project based at Deakin University, UC Irvine, University of Kentucky, and The New School, and funded by the Wallace Foundation. The project investigates the long-term effects of participation in afterschool arts and Out-of-School Time (OST) programs, particularly for those from marginalized backgrounds. Spanning the United States, Australia, and the United Kingdom, we conducted surveys and interviews with people who were at least seven years on from when they attended an afterschool arts program. Our study asks the question: how did these programs shape and influence their life trajectories and their understanding of arts? Together with partner community arts organizations in each of the research study sites (California, Kentucky, New York, London, England and Melbourne, Australia) we are designing ways to analyze the data and implement findings to make the most impact for both the organizations and participants in afterschool programs. Project GoalsOur research aims to answer four key questions: What kinds of general long-term effects do we see, particularly for those from marginalized backgrounds?Do specific elements of afterschool arts programs lead to particular long-term effects?How has participation influenced how participants think about education and learning in general?How does reflecting on their experiences help the participants to make sense of the effects of learning? Our MethodsTo answer our questions, we used surveys and conducted over 100 extensive interviews. In these interviews, we asked alumni of community arts programs about their experiences in OST programs and in schools in general. We also used the interviews to learn more about their background and to see how participating in afterschool arts programs influences what they are doing today. Some of these interviews have been written up as case studies that we are referring to as “Learning Biographies,” where we make connections between an individual’s life experiences, their personal backgrounds, and learning in a general sense. &nbsp; Our Aims We believe that our research project should support and uplift the goals and hopes of the programs and alumni we work with. In every step of the process, we ask ourselves: are the things we’re doing now going to support the communities we are working in and with? We also believe that knowledge is not just created by researchers, but that this happens together with the people who attended the afterschool programs and the people who work there. Creating collective knowledge, coming from a justice framework, is central to this project. The kind of research we’re doing, conducting interviews to look at the long-term effects of these types of afterschool arts programs and working together with the community members to create collective knowledge and ideas, is not done often. This project therefore provides original contributions to the broader field of educational research and practice.About The Wallace Foundation This research shared on this website was funded by The Wallace Foundation. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed on this website are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Foundation.Based in New York City, The Wallace Foundation is a philanthropy working to foster equity and improvements in learning and enrichment for young people, and in the arts for everyone. https://traceproject.cargo.site/Partnering-Institutions Mon, 02 Oct 2023 19:03:36 +0000 TRACE https://traceproject.cargo.site/Partnering-Institutions Partnering Institutions University Partners <img width="315" height="55" width_o="315" height_o="55" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e7b09489dbf9ecb5ca1d3248b56269aa9577a5ddf1fcabeba158d5ef8087f548/UCI-logo-2-crop.png" data-mid="193503635" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/315/i/e7b09489dbf9ecb5ca1d3248b56269aa9577a5ddf1fcabeba158d5ef8087f548/UCI-logo-2-crop.png" /> <img width="435" height="116" width_o="435" height_o="116" 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Arts: https://www.psarts.org/ The Wooden Floor: https://thewoodenfloor.org/our-mission/ New York&nbsp;Arts Connection: http://artsconnection.org/ Parsons Scholars Program: https://scholars.parsons.edu/ National Dance Institute: https://nationaldance.org/ Casita Maria Center for Arts and Education: https://www.casitamaria.org/ Sadie Nash Leadership Project: http://www.sadienash.org/our-programs Writopia Lab: https://www.writopialab.org/press/121-programs/858-creative-writing-young-writers KentuckyMecca Dance Studio: http://www.meccadance.com/ Young Women Writers Project (Carnegie Center for Literacy and Learning): https://carnegiecenterlex.org/young-writers-project/ Central Music Academy: https://www.centralmusicacademy.org/ Harlan County Higher Ground: https://www.highergroundinharlan.com/ McTeggart Irish Dance: https://www.kyirishdancers.org/ Central KY Youth Orchestra: https://www.ckyo.org/ Colorado Arts Street: http://arts-street.org/ EnglandWAC Arts: https://www.wacarts.co.uk/ AustraliaL2R Dance: https://www.l2r.org.au/ YouthWorx: https://youthworx.org.au/ The Push: http://www.thepush.com.au/ Living Learning Australia: https://www.livinglearning.com.au/ https://traceproject.cargo.site/Meet-the-Team Mon, 02 Oct 2023 19:03:36 +0000 TRACE https://traceproject.cargo.site/Meet-the-Team Meet the Team Principal Investigators <img width="1520" height="1520" width_o="1520" height_o="1520" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e87faa6d5cf31479b25bd0d1c317bcda074f799bb73f3b6e7e0ac2be96975abb/Kylie-Peppler--source-kpeppler.com_Images_KylieHeadshot_2018_enhanced.jpg.jpg" data-mid="192511104" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e87faa6d5cf31479b25bd0d1c317bcda074f799bb73f3b6e7e0ac2be96975abb/Kylie-Peppler--source-kpeppler.com_Images_KylieHeadshot_2018_enhanced.jpg.jpg" /> Kylie PepplerKylie Peppler is a Professor of Education and Informatics at the University of California, Irvine. An artist by training, Kylie Peppler specializes in the design of new technologies to support learning and participation within traditionally minoritized populations. Her research focuses at the intersection of arts, STEM, and learning ecosystems. Peppler led a number of reports for the Wallace Foundation, including the 2013 New Opportunities for Interest-Driven Arts Learning in a Digital Age, which presented a framework for understanding youths’ creative endeavors, online and elsewhere, in the out-of-school-hours; as well as the 2022 Connected Arts Learning report, which bridged work in connected learning with what is known about high-quality arts education. <img width="353" height="315" width_o="353" height_o="315" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b0bb17d3549d4a7ed81658c81f9680f4a2b777d673c0874230e5f0e73d734067/Julian-Sefton-Green_-source-www.deakin.edu.jpeg" data-mid="192511326" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/353/i/b0bb17d3549d4a7ed81658c81f9680f4a2b777d673c0874230e5f0e73d734067/Julian-Sefton-Green_-source-www.deakin.edu.jpeg" /> Julian Sefton-GreenJulian Sefton-Green is a Professor of New Media Education at Deakin University, Melbourne, Australia. Julian is interested in all things digital from a critical perspective. He has worked and researched at many levels of the education system and on many projects around the world including: classroom interactions, school life, curriculum change, creative media practices, youth community centres and out-of-school digital cultures over the last 30 years. Julian is particularly interested in forms of learning outside of the school, both in non-formal learning institutions and in everyday social activities; and how these might play a part in wider political projects of educational reform. He wants to explore how everyday uses of the digital intersect with social inequality in order to enable learning in young people’s cultural, creative, civic and political lives. <img width="800" height="1142" width_o="800" height_o="1142" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/baf5d85b795371e6f4f0e1f5b81ddacd4522210627a37fdbebf1ec68c1268e16/Daniela-DiGiacomo--source-www.ksvt.org_people_daniela-digiacomo.jpeg" data-mid="192511099" border="0" data-scale="100" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/800/i/baf5d85b795371e6f4f0e1f5b81ddacd4522210627a37fdbebf1ec68c1268e16/Daniela-DiGiacomo--source-www.ksvt.org_people_daniela-digiacomo.jpeg" /> Daniela DiGiacomo Daniela Kruel DiGiacomo is an Assistant Professor in the School of Information Science at the University of Kentucky. With a background in teaching and social work, Dr. DiGiacomo’s program of research currently focuses on how to design formal and informal learning settings in ways that support and extend young people’s lived experiences, interests, and expertise. As a learning scientist trained in the sociocultural tradition, her scholarship is guided by a commitment to pursuing research that is both just-conferring and humanizing-- research that proceeds with the assumption that diversity is a resource to be leveraged, rather than a problem to be solved. <img width="296" height="436" width_o="296" height_o="436" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/bdbdb47c002aeecbcf1e4caafb6d9095883a5e9b75c9262859bc84e0e0ba9262/Sam-Mejias--source-www.newschool.edu_parsons_faculty_sam-mejias_.jpeg" data-mid="192511542" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/296/i/bdbdb47c002aeecbcf1e4caafb6d9095883a5e9b75c9262859bc84e0e0ba9262/Sam-Mejias--source-www.newschool.edu_parsons_faculty_sam-mejias_.jpeg" /> Sam Mejias Sam Mejias (he/him) is Dean of the School of Art, Media, and Technology, and Associate Professor of Social Justice and Community Engagement at Parsons School of Design, The New School in New York. Working primarily as an ethnographer, Sam's research explores the cultural politics of social justice and civic engagement in the US, Europe and the Middle East. His projects investigate how design, discourse and communication influence the promotion of critical learning, equity, and civic engagement in the lives of young people in formal and informal spaces. Research Team Members <img width="500" height="500" width_o="500" height_o="500" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1a52feec180b7c71a8130e90a498030f03e3d207067840de6960b38a12c54981/Phebe-Chew--source-connectedlearning.uci.edu_wp-content_uploads_2022_03_PhebeChew1-Phebe-Chew-scaled-e1648756198176-500x500.jpg.jpg" data-mid="192511531" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/500/i/1a52feec180b7c71a8130e90a498030f03e3d207067840de6960b38a12c54981/Phebe-Chew--source-connectedlearning.uci.edu_wp-content_uploads_2022_03_PhebeChew1-Phebe-Chew-scaled-e1648756198176-500x500.jpg.jpg" /> Phebe Chew Phebe Chew is a Ph.D. student in Education at University of California, Irvine. She is interested in sociocultural perspectives around learning in out-of-school spaces, with special interest around how identity and relationships shape learning in the culinary arts and food media. She is drawn to exploring expanded definitions of learning and development and the many evolving ways, settings, and relational contexts through which it can happen. She hopes to do work that recognizes and highlights these often-invisible dynamics and processes, especially as they occur within minoritized populations and communities. Phebe received her Bachelor of Arts in Liberal Arts from Soka University of America, and her MEd in Educational Counseling from the University of Southern California. In her free time, Phebe can be found looking for a way to create: whether through recipe testing, writing, music, drawing, or graphic design. <img width="588" height="392" width_o="588" height_o="392" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5877acf749a5b7305673115eeda6a77164d9a27bbaae4bbf04d76cd9972e0861/Seth-Corrigan--source-creativitylabs.com_img_team_team_sc.png.png" data-mid="192511549" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/588/i/5877acf749a5b7305673115eeda6a77164d9a27bbaae4bbf04d76cd9972e0861/Seth-Corrigan--source-creativitylabs.com_img_team_team_sc.png.png" /> Seth CorriganSeth Corrigan is a research scientist working with the Creativity Labs at University of California, Irvine. He specializes in the use of quantitative methods with a focus on measurement, psychometrics and machine learning to develop novel learning and assessment technologies. <img width="1023" height="1461" width_o="1023" height_o="1461" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e49423c7dfff7f043fc26d41a68f2806a0453f988cc1dbc885bc0eae402330ad/Maggie-headshot_November-2023.jpg" data-mid="197095452" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e49423c7dfff7f043fc26d41a68f2806a0453f988cc1dbc885bc0eae402330ad/Maggie-headshot_November-2023.jpg" /> Maggie DahnMaggie Dahn is an Associate Project Scientist at the University of California, Irvine working with the Connected Learning Lab and Creativity Labs. She completed her PhD at UCLA’s Graduate School of Education &amp; Information Studies in 2019 with support from an NAEd/Spencer Dissertation Fellowship. Maggie engages in design research to study how people learn in different contexts, and her background as a visual arts and classroom teacher informs her perspective on how children and youth learn in and through the arts, the affordances of art making for the development of voice and identity, and issues of access and equity in arts education. <img width="2316" height="3088" width_o="2316" height_o="3088" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a5f9de651b61e0da852c65d828d5c273a8f0cc4699c44725af02d4da7afd7fb7/Ramon-de-Haan.jpeg" data-mid="192511534" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a5f9de651b61e0da852c65d828d5c273a8f0cc4699c44725af02d4da7afd7fb7/Ramon-de-Haan.jpeg" /> Ramon de Haan Ramon L. C. de Haan (he/him) is a PhD student in Anthropology at The New School for Social Research in New York. His dissertation research focuses on Black liberation and repair for colonialism and slavery in the Afro-Dutch diaspora: specifically, Suriname, Curaçao, and the Netherlands. As a mixed-race person with Dutch-Surinamese roots, he is interested in the political, socio-cultural, and transnational processes of activists and other political actors in their fight for repair efforts, and to learn what kinds of futures they are working towards. Ramon is also a founding board member of the Dumont-Huiswoud Foundation, the international bureau of the Dutch political party BIJ1. In his free time, he enjoys painting and reading/watching science fiction books and shows, especially Afrofuturist works. <img width="260" height="315" width_o="260" height_o="315" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6a3e9e40eed0be329dd92498ab09d0cb1f77a3ca474f4756a4c6bcd5bd7d0b83/Pariece-Nelligan--source-www.deakin.edu.au_media_data-sources_profiles-images_web-profile-image_src13429.jpg.jpeg" data-mid="192511527" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/260/i/6a3e9e40eed0be329dd92498ab09d0cb1f77a3ca474f4756a4c6bcd5bd7d0b83/Pariece-Nelligan--source-www.deakin.edu.au_media_data-sources_profiles-images_web-profile-image_src13429.jpg.jpeg" /> Pariece NelliganPariece Nelligan is postdoctoral research fellow at the Centre for Research in Educational Impact (REDI) at Deakin University, Melbourne, Australia. She is currently researching the impact of non-formal community arts education in the lives of marginalised and disadvantaged youth. Her research interests include vocational aspiration and creative careers, precarious labour and gig work, youth employment and transitions; and non-formal and informal vocational education and training. She is the co-author of "The Creativity Hoax: precarious work and the gig economy" (Anthem, 2018). She received her PhD at the Institute for Culture and Society, Western Sydney University where she is also currently an adjunct research fellow, and is a freelance dance teacher. <img width="1000" height="800" width_o="1000" height_o="800" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1be88404f4775a66d4f979ff7c710e926289d0231d87bb8f340b7bbcf9dfff19/Sara-Trapp--source-uploads-ssl.webflow.com_6011915095cc4c8275c26d87_6449656f1589c1f172e9b7aa_Staff20Website20Photos.png.png" data-mid="192511546" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/1be88404f4775a66d4f979ff7c710e926289d0231d87bb8f340b7bbcf9dfff19/Sara-Trapp--source-uploads-ssl.webflow.com_6011915095cc4c8275c26d87_6449656f1589c1f172e9b7aa_Staff20Website20Photos.png.png" /> Sara TrappSara is a University of Kentucky Masters in Social Work graduate and Kentucky Certified Social Worker who is committed to creating safe spaces of belonging within communities. With a focus on organization, communication, and supporting people where they are, she cultivates authentic connections with students, families, and community partners. AcknowledgementsWe would like to share our heartfelt appreciation for those who have worked on this project:&nbsp;Vera Michalchik, Phebe Chew, Sara Isaacs, Christina Hewko, Mengqi Gao, Ramon de Haan, Barbara Truc Pham, Santiago Ojeda Ramirez, Mariama Henry, Aakriti Bisht, Haoning Jiang. With special thanks to Amy Gedal Douglass &amp; Bronwyn Bevan https://traceproject.cargo.site/Learning-Biographies Mon, 02 Oct 2023 19:03:35 +0000 TRACE https://traceproject.cargo.site/Learning-Biographies Learning Biographies <img width="6000" height="4000" width_o="6000" height_o="4000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/aeb3529ba634408c4c4f60fcd2330cbc6aed7914a0245f2c271b4f1427c7ec8d/pexels-budgeron-bach-5153985.jpeg" data-mid="195458096" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/aeb3529ba634408c4c4f60fcd2330cbc6aed7914a0245f2c271b4f1427c7ec8d/pexels-budgeron-bach-5153985.jpeg" /> <img width="6720" height="4480" width_o="6720" height_o="4480" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/45812c9a80fcf8972b7a99a4f21553ca110e2ca4d6537ac97842f669de9b49d7/pexels-monstera-production-5063465.jpeg" data-mid="195458100" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/45812c9a80fcf8972b7a99a4f21553ca110e2ca4d6537ac97842f669de9b49d7/pexels-monstera-production-5063465.jpeg" /> An important part of our research are what we are calling “learning biographies”: these are case studies in which we take a closer look at an individual’s experiences with learning through the arts. Each learning biography tells an individual’s life history, looking at the role education has played in their lives and especially their experiences in afterschool and out-of-school-time (OST) arts programs. We focused on the value of participating in afterschool arts programs, by looking at: The effects of participation;&nbsp;The role of marginalization;The role of arts in their lives; and&nbsp;Their reflections on learning and education.&nbsp; The stories below describe each individual’s experience as a participant in an afterschool or OST arts program (listed in parentheses).New York Steven’s Story (Parsons Scholars Program) Javier’s Story (ArtsConnection) Nadia’s Story (National Dance Institute) Andrew’s Story (ArtsConnection) Anthony’s Story (ArtsConnection) KentuckySienna’s Story&nbsp;(Harlan County Higher Ground) Juliet’s Story (Central Music Academy) Miles’ Story (Central Kentucky Youth Orchestra)Lauren’s Story (Central Kentucky Youth Orchestra) Mia’s Story (Harlan County Higher Ground)CaliforniaMarco’s Story (America SCORES) Sasha’s Story (Everybody Dance LA) Charlotte’s Story (Venice Arts) Amara’s Story (YR Media) Melbourne, Australia Rafael’s Story (L2R Dance)Ava’s Story (L2R Dance) London, England Sal’s Story (WAC Arts)Karl’s Story (WAC Arts) https://traceproject.cargo.site/Publications-and-Related-Work Mon, 02 Oct 2023 19:03:36 +0000 TRACE https://traceproject.cargo.site/Publications-and-Related-Work Publications and Related Work <img width="4256" height="2832" width_o="4256" height_o="2832" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/dca491283097a6b0234fb76cf1e24c80be51bfea77a4401c26fa64345bbce5c4/pexels-cdc-3997716.jpeg" data-mid="195469855" border="0" data-scale="100" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/dca491283097a6b0234fb76cf1e24c80be51bfea77a4401c26fa64345bbce5c4/pexels-cdc-3997716.jpeg" /> <img width="5809" height="3873" width_o="5809" height_o="3873" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ac1aecea7482c2a01773b38e9650e0efb6729e9a4344be683566e90a1562c35b/pexels-katerina-holmes-5905918.jpeg" data-mid="195470134" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ac1aecea7482c2a01773b38e9650e0efb6729e9a4344be683566e90a1562c35b/pexels-katerina-holmes-5905918.jpeg" /> Journal ArticlesChew, P., Peppler, K., DiGiacomo, D., Nelligan, P., Mejias, S., &amp; Sefton-Green, J. (under review). Relational connective tissue: The role relationships play in freedom of movement across culinary learning.&nbsp; Dahn, M., Corrigan, S., DiGiacomo, D., Mejias, S., Nelligan, P., Sefton-Green, J., &amp; Peppler, K. (under review). Making art, making friends: Interest-driven friendship networks as drivers of long-term learning outcomes.&nbsp; Nelligan, P., DiGiacomo, D., Chew, P., Sefton-Green, J., Peppler, K., &amp; Mejias, S. (2024). Exploring the long-term impacts of out-of-school arts participation among marginalized youth. International Journal for Research on Extended Education (IJREE), 12(1), 5-22.&nbsp;Conference Papers Chew, P., Peppler, K., DiGiacomo, D., Nelligan, P.,&nbsp; Sefton-Green, J. , &amp; Mejias, S. (2023). Relational connective tissue: A case study of freedom of movement in culinary learning. International Collaboration toward Educational Innovation for All: International Society of the Learning Sciences (ISLS) Annual Meeting 2023. Montreal, Canada: International Society of the Learning Sciences.Corrigan, S., Dahn, M., Chew, P., Trapp, S., Giacomo, D., Sefton-Green, J., Mejias, S.and Peppler, K.&nbsp; (2024). Exploring Impacts of Arts Education through Inductive Application of Rhetorical Structure Theory. In Learning as a cornerstone of healing, resilience, and community: ISLS Proceedings: 17th Annual Conference of the Learning Sciences (pp. 338-345). Buffalo, New York: International Society of the Learning Sciences.Corrigan, S., Ojeda-Ramirez, S., Dahn, M., Chew, P., DiGiacomo, D., Sefton-Green, J., Peppler, K. (2024). Exploring Impacts of Arts Participation through Automated Inductive Annotation. In Learning as a cornerstone of healing, resilience, and community: ISLS Proceedings: 17th Annual Conference of the Learning Sciences (pp. 346-353). Buffalo, New York: International Society of the Learning Sciences.Dahn, M., Peppler, K., Corrigan, S., Chew, P., DiGiacomo, D., Mejias, S., Nelligan, P., &amp; Sefton-Green, J. (2024). Friendship as a transformative process: Cultivating interest-driven connections, community, and perspective in the arts. In Learning as a cornerstone of healing, resilience, and community: ISLS Proceedings: 17th Annual Conference of the Learning Sciences (pp. 322-329). Buffalo, New York: International Society of the Learning Sciences. DiGiacomo, D., Chew, P., Nelligan, P., Mejias, S., &amp; Peppler, K. (2023). The interdependence of identity, belonging, and learning: Evidence from an out-of-school arts life-course study. International Collaboration toward Educational Innovation for All: International Society of the Learning Sciences (ISLS) Annual Meeting 2023. Montreal, Canada: International Society of the Learning Sciences. Books and Book ChaptersDiGiacomo, D., Sefton-Green, J., Dahn, M., Nelligan, P., &amp; Mejias, S. (under review). Learning legacies: Surfacing the effects of youth arts over a lifetime. DiGiacomo, D., Nelligan, P., Chew, P., Trapp, S. “Belonging and Identity: Necessary Dimensions of Learning. (in press). In Winn &amp; Winn (Eds.) Social Justice in Education, Volume Title: Language, Literacy and Culture. Bloomsbury Press. Reports and White PapersPeppler, K., Corrigan, S., Dahn, M., Sefton-Green, J., DiGiacomo, D., Mejias, S., &amp; Nelligan, P. (2025).&nbsp; Creative expression, caring relationships, and career pathways: A guide to youth outcomes in community arts programs. Public report. The Wallace Foundation. Peppler, K., Sefton-Green, J., DiGiacomo, D., Mejias, S., Corrigan, S., &amp; Dahn, M. (2024). Well-connected: Tracing the enduring effects of community arts programs. Final deliverable and internal report to the Wallace Foundation. https://traceproject.cargo.site/Workshops-and-Events Mon, 02 Oct 2023 19:03:35 +0000 TRACE https://traceproject.cargo.site/Workshops-and-Events Workshops and Events In December 2023 we hosted a series of workshops to invite OST arts providers to discuss and categorize long-term effects of participation in their programs, develop new evaluation methods and terminology, test the use of learning biographies and social foresight genres, and explore ways to systematize these reflective processes for data collection. <img width="3840" height="5760" width_o="3840" height_o="5760" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0f9042a53e9a0dc775284d1caccfcfc2c7654c4bb5474444ccf1b0ba188284ed/pexels-polina-zimmerman-3782228.jpeg" data-mid="195458381" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0f9042a53e9a0dc775284d1caccfcfc2c7654c4bb5474444ccf1b0ba188284ed/pexels-polina-zimmerman-3782228.jpeg" /> <img width="3440" height="5152" width_o="3440" height_o="5152" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6230059ddc31f5cc0b8d7327f00301832ed41881c96ba7c6d956851cb9fa3371/pexels-pavel-danilyuk-8382377.jpeg" data-mid="195458421" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/6230059ddc31f5cc0b8d7327f00301832ed41881c96ba7c6d956851cb9fa3371/pexels-pavel-danilyuk-8382377.jpeg" /> <img width="3641" height="5461" width_o="3641" height_o="5461" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/cb4689416b16466d20615248610145b4657e465f683f0724e15edd1fdf64c8c7/pexels-budgeron-bach-5149613.jpeg" data-mid="195458643" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/cb4689416b16466d20615248610145b4657e465f683f0724e15edd1fdf64c8c7/pexels-budgeron-bach-5149613.jpeg" /> WorkshopDatesLocationTaxonomy Development &nbsp;December 14, 2023, 10am-11:30am PST3 playtests and 3 workshops, all online Learning BiographiesDecember 12,&nbsp; 2023, 11am-1pm ESTUniversity of Kentucky (Lexington, KY) Futures/ForesightDecember 12, 2023, 1pm-3:30pm EST &nbsp;The New School (New York, NY) https://traceproject.cargo.site/Contact-Us Mon, 02 Oct 2023 19:03:37 +0000 TRACE https://traceproject.cargo.site/Contact-Us Contact Us For more information about the project, email us: Kylie Pepper: kpeppler@uci.edu Julian Sefton Green:&nbsp;julian.seftongreen@deakin.edu.au Daniela DiGiacomo:&nbsp;daniela.digiacomo@uky.edu Sam Mejias: sam@newschool.edu