Purpose

This exploratory study seeks to understand whether an arts event designed with/by/for disabled people (the InterACT Disability Arts Festival in New Zealand) has the potential to create revolutionary futures, defined as those which help determine new paths, make the future less fearsome and allow more positive outcomes.

Design/methodology/approach

A qualitative approach was taken in this study. Interviews were carried out with ten disabled event attendees, two support workers, one family member, four event volunteers, two activity providers and the main event organiser of the 2019 festival. Active participant observation was also used to collect data. Deductive thematic analysis was used to determine themes and subthemes in the material.

Findings

The findings suggest the case study arts event does help to create revolutionary futures for disabled attendees through disrupting the narratives of disability, making sense of lives lived and changing lives yet to be lived.

Research limitations/implications

Limited windows of opportunity were available to interact with attendees, and just 17 in-the-moment interviews were conducted. However, the findings still have value as data saturation was reached. A “revolutionary futures” conceptual framework is presented to understand the nexus between disability worlds and events and thus amplify the benefits for attendees.

Originality/value

Research carried out to date has provided much-needed understanding about the challenges facing disabled people at events, but this study turns this deficit approach around to focus on the opportunities provided by event participation.

中文翻译：

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InterACT 残疾艺术节：创造革命性的未来？

目的

这项探索性研究旨在了解与/由/为残疾人设计的艺术活动（新西兰的 InterACT 残疾人艺术节）是否有潜力创造革命性的未来，定义为那些有助于确定新道路、让未来不那么可怕的未来并取得更积极的成果。

设计/方法/途径

本研究采用定性方法。采访了 10 名残疾活动参加者、2 名支持人员、1 名家庭成员、4 名活动志愿者、2 名活动提供者和 2019 年节日的主要活动组织者。积极参与观察也被用来收集数据。演绎主题分析用于确定材料中的主题和子主题。

发现

研究结果表明，案例研究艺术活动确实有助于通过破坏残疾的叙述、理解已经过的生活和改变尚未过的生活来为残疾参加者创造革命性的未来。

研究局限性/影响

与与会者互动的机会窗口有限，仅进行了 17 次即时采访。然而，随着数据饱和，这些发现仍然有价值。提出了一个“革命性的未来”概念框架，以了解残疾世界和事件之间的联系，从而扩大与会者的利益。

原创性/价值

迄今为止进行的研究提供了对残疾人在活动中面临的挑战的急需理解，但这项研究改变了这种赤字方法，将重点放在活动参与所提供的机会上。