These are some of the articles I have written about labyrinths and related topics over the last few years. Some of them are for mainstream readership, some are more scholarly in their tone and content.
Essays
- Understanding the Labyrinth as Transformative Site, Symbol, & Technology (2007) [PDF]. Doctoral thesis, OISE/Toronto.
Excerpts
- A Calling (Joan’s Story) [PDF]. An account of the life-changing first encounter with the labyrinth.
- Division of the Circle into 13 [PDF]. A mathematical quest provoked by architects Keith Critchlow and Ben Nicholson.
- The Labyrinthology of Pierre Rosenstiehl [PDF]. Rosenstiehl’s work on the mathematics of the 11 circuit cathedral labyrinth, contextualised in the structuralism of Roland Barthes. More about Rosenstiehl.
- Perched on the outside of the box, clinging to threads of familiarity: Incubating imagination through meditation practice in Teacher Education [PDF]. (2006) A presentation at the 4th Imaginative Education Research Group Conference, SFU, Vancouver.
- Wrangling Minotaurs 101: the Labyrinth as mythopoetic technology [PDF]. (2005) A presentation at the 3rd Imaginative Education Research Group Conference, SFU, Vancouver.
- The labyrinth: Site and symbol of transformation [PDF]. (2002) In A. Morrell, M. O’Connor, and E. V. O’Sullivan (Eds.), Expanding the Boundaries of Transformative Learning: Essays on theory and praxis. New York: Palgrave.
- Coal @ Christmas [PDF]. (2001) Exploration of the labyrinth experience as a tool in reconciling mixed feelings about the idea of “home”
- Art Practice and the Educational Engagement: Some Things in Common [PDF]. (1999) Argument for the arts as fundamental in education.
- Hot Metal / Hot Words: Event and Interpretation as Developmental Tools in Adolescent Self Concept [PDF], The Journal of Experiential Education 20 (2), 1997. An account of art students’ writing as a means of integrating their studio experience with their developmental needs.
Articles
- The Labyrinth: A vehicle for spiritual care in the health care setting [PDF], keynote presentation, The First Canadian Health Care Conference (September, 2008).
- The outdoor labyrinths of Ottawa [PDF], The Glebe Report (August 17, 2007), pp. 18-19.