ABSTRACT
I will here describe collaging – an art-based method that I have used and developed in my doctoral research and postdoctoral life, a distinction that is relevant for the point this chapter makes on empowerment. Empowerment, as I understand it here, refers to a psychological and social process that enhances my (and others’) agency. It produces a strong sense that I have the power to make a difference and/or change the world around me. I will go through four facets of collaging explaining how I see it not only as a research method but also as more than that, a method and a practice that empowers. I lay out how collaging can be used in and out of classrooms of IR/world politics/global politics.
