Kyle Matthew Oliver · Becoming Tapestry – Bonus 4 – Yesenia's Story Objective: Share a co-created research artifact that there wasn’t room in the main narrative to discuss in more depth. Interviewee: Yesenia Interviewers: Hannah & Sam Editing & Production: Kyle Additional Music: “Curiosity” by Lee Rosevere via bandcamp.com (CC BY 3.0)
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Bonus 3 – Pilot
Kyle Matthew Oliver · Becoming Tapestry – Bonus 3 – Pilot Objective: Share a research account from the pilot project that served as a kind of “proof of concept” of what I eventually produced in the main study and narrative. Episode premiered: February 22, 2019
Bonus 2 – Colleague Chat with James Nagle
Kyle Matthew Oliver · Becoming Tapestry – Bonus 2 – Colleague Chat with James Nagle Objective: Share a conversation with a religious education researcher worker in a similar area about our ideas and shared interests. Interview conducted: November 2, 2019 Interviewee: James Nagle Interviewer: Kyle Oliver Production & Editing: Kyle Oliver & Erin Wiens St.…
Bonus 1: Tapestry Guiding Principles Story
Kyle Matthew Oliver · Becoming Tapestry – Bonus 1 – Tapestry Guiding Principles Story Objective: Share an extended ethnographic immersion in the form of the entire recording of an important moment from the study’s field work, briefly excerpted in the main narrative. Field recording produced: October 19, 2019
Figure 1
This is a photograph of the final configuration of the objects Hannah uses to tell the story of Tapestry’s guiding principles. The presentation represents a faith-adjacent remix of the Godly Play storytelling tradition, a popular religious education practice inspired by Montessori techniques.
Chapter 4: Conversations with Artifacts
Kyle Matthew Oliver · Becoming Tapestry – Ch 4 – Conversations with Artifacts Objective: Conclude the overall account; offer narrative answer to Research Question 2 (“The Storytellling”); provide additional explanation of concentric analytic methods in the respective projects; discuss relevant forms of closure and continuing collaboration. Preliminary Draft Completed: March 11, 2022 Rough Cut Assembled: March 18, 2022…
Chapter 3: Empathetic Engagement
Kyle Matthew Oliver · Becoming Tapestry – Chapter 3 – Empathetic Engagement Objective: Advance the overall account; provide preliminary overview of research data and methods; offer narrative answer to Research Question 3 (“The Researcher”); explore how a significant research turning point and its lingering emotional impact illustrates a theory of meaning that Digital Stories significantly leverage.…
Chapter 2: Space Is a Social Practice
Kyle Matthew Oliver · Becoming Tapestry – Ch 2 – Space Is a Social Practice Objective: Advance the overall account; briefly introduce Team Z; offer a narrative answer to Research Question 1 (“The Community”); set up, develop, and explore the idea of “faith-adjacent” space. Preliminary Draft Completed: July 8, 2021 Rough Cut Assembled: January 2,…
Voice Memo: Anxious Reflections Before First Team Outing
On September 21, 2019, I went on my first mentor team outing. It ended up being the only in-person outing I attended with Team Z. (I did, however, subsequently engage with team members briefly at the 2019 holiday party. We also worked together extensively on Zoom during the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic, i.e.,…
Voice Memo: Observations and Reflections Before Picnic
On September 7, 2019, I attended the All Tapestry Fall Picnic. Before participants started arriving, I recorded a voice memo describing the playground where the event was taking place and reflecting on some of the meta questions I was chewing on at the time, including how to form relationships with the youth and how my…