A glossary to assist the navigation and learning of Matrixial Theory especially for those new to it. It is based on the Ettingerian Matrixial terms found in this special issue. Definitions are in process and are a combination of different Artizein authors understandings of the terms as referred to in this issue as compiled by co-editors R. Michael Fisher and Barbara Bickel.
Author Biography
R. Michael Fisher and Barbara Bickel have been co-creative life-partners since 1990. They combine their skills as editors, artists, researchers, teachers, mentors, and speakers to facilitate healing for human recovery and liberation with respect for the Earth and all sentient beings. Their first communal project was co-founding the In Search of Fearlessness Center (ISOF) and community, which birthed The Centre Gallery and the ISOF Research Institute, which they directed respectively in Calgary, Alberta, Canada from 1991-1999. They obtained arts-based research doctorates in Education at The University of British Columbia, Barbara in Art Education and Michael in Curriculum and Instruction between 1999-2008. From 2008-2017 Barbara taught in the School of Fine Arts at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale, USA, and they co-founded the Center for Spiritual Inquiry and Integral Education where Michael served as director. In 2017 they returned to Canada and co-founded Studio M*: A Research Creation Lab Intersecting Arts, Culture and Healing in Calgary. Studio M* moved with them to Nanaimo, British Columbia on Vancouver Island in 2021 where they now create and live on the traditional territory of the Snuneymuxw First Nation. They currently co-teach and are Core Faculty in the online Visionary Practices & Regenerative Leadership Ph.D program at Southwestern College, Santa Fe. http://www.studiom.space
Recommended Citation
Fisher, R. Michael and Bickel, Barbara
(2024)
"Ettingerian Matrixial Theory Glossary for this Artizein Issue,"
Artizein: Arts and Teaching Journal: Vol. 9:
Iss.
1, Article 13.
Available at:
https://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/atj/vol9/iss1/13
