a2ru Ground Works

Ground Works is a compendium of exemplary arts-integrative research projects, and a hub for reflection on the processes that drive such work.
Ground Works promotes research-based, interdisciplinary projects through rigorously peer-reviewed presentation of arts-inclusive work.
Ground Works aims to foster a robust, critical community of practice in support of such work.
Ground Works promotes research-based, interdisciplinary projects through rigorously peer-reviewed presentation of arts-inclusive work; it also promotes guided reflection on the processes that drive these projects. Ground Works aims to foster a robust, critical community of practice in support of such work, while sharing effective practices for interdisciplinary collaboration to ever wider spheres of practice.
Programs & Activities
Ground Works accepts submissions to our online journal and publishes on a rolling basis. Our first special edition, Vibrant Ecologies of Research, received the highly competitive Best Special Issue award of 2022 from the Council of Editors of Learned Journals. Our second special edition, Creating Knowledge in Common, has been accompanied by a suite of programming including online round-tables and ongoing reading clubs. In 2024, we piloted a version of CRediT (NISO's Contributor Roles Taxonomy), adapted for arts-integrated research: CRediT-FAIR. CRediT-FAIR follows a contributorship model for publishing, acknowledging the range of contributions that make arts-integrated knowledge production possible.