Inspired by a post-structural logic of change, it can be seen that the binaries can
be bridged by the invention of new pedagogical spaces. A bridge does not dis-
mantle the old structures. Rather it straddles and connects them. The position of
co-investigator creates a bridge between the binary of student–teacher.
The collective embodied play in the bridging space helps to create a humanised
community of learners. Repositioned on the levelled playing space, they are able to
perform themselves differently. In performing themselves differently, and in
working as audience learning with and from each other, they co-create evidence that
change is possible.
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