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. 2021 Sep;27(7):790-797.
doi: 10.1177/1077800420960186.

#Plugging Into Hope

Esther Fitzpatrick  1
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#Plugging Into Hope

Esther Fitzpatrick. Qual Inq. 2021 Sep.

Abstract

This is a critical autoethnography of my "plugging into hope" through engagement with the Massive_Micro project as I was, literally and simultaneously, plugging into my computer during the COVID-19 pandemic isolation. In this article, I demonstrate the art of #plugging into hope. Through drawing on a range of visual, poetic, and narrative data generated throughout this project, I write my story, creating an assemblage of plugging in moments with human and non-human. Adding to an ongoing conversation with art-making, writing, and my scholarly ghosts. Highlighting the significance of deliberately plugging into embodied intra-action with our world/s-connecting to hope.

Keywords: art-making; hope; interconnected; ontology; plugging in.

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Conflict of interest statement

Declaration of Conflicting Interests: The author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.

Figures

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Figure 1.
“Ūkaipo” photos by author.
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Figure 2.
“A story inside a story” artwork by author.
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Figure 3.
“Outlook changes” artwork by author.
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Figure 4.
“Ice and me” photos by author.
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Figure 5.
“An ongoing entanglement with DNA, rivers, mountains, language, family, the world of play, the world of work, survival, hope.” Note. Artwork by author.
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Figure 6.
“Mouse and me” photos by author.
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Figure 7.
Prompt #12.
See this image and copyright information in PMC

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