ABSTRACT
This chapter discusses the term arts-based pedagogies (ABP), defined as “when a student learns about a subject through arts processes including creating, responding or performing”. The shift towards interest in the arts in healthcare has been concurrent with what we know about the social determinants of health. Arts-based approaches in education have already been embraced by disciplines such as medicine, the allied professions and social work. The gamelan project sought to address the growing body of theory about what constitutes “leadership” in the sector and to highlight the importance of managers and practice educators being able to address the shifts through the development of more distributed or participatory leadership styles. The literature of distributed and participatory leadership styles cites empowerment as a real substitute for leadership. ABP talked to issues of power, discrimination and equality in learning and identified the value of co-production and leadership by and with service users.
