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listelement.badge.dso-type Item , Artist or Imposter! Breaking barriers and ‘dancing’ the data.(AOSIS Scholarly Publishing, 2025) Moodley, Dianna; Craighead, ClareThis monograph is a significant, innovative and explorative work that engages with challenges of the subjective and lived experiences of South African higher education students during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‑19) pandemic and subsequent national, high‑level lockdown periods. It highlights aspects of student learning that traditional methodologies often overlook, offering a reflective account of the researchers' own journey in navigating this complex data. The collaboration between Moodley and Craighead provides a dynamic dialogue, showcasing how unconventional, arts‑based methodologies can reveal deeper insights. Rather than guiding student participants through a typical arts‑based exploration and study, the authors used methods such as photo‑essay and modern dance choreography to capture and interpret interview data, connecting it to their own experiences as academics within South Africa's higher education system. This approach honours students as embodied participants shaped by colonial structures, rather than reducing them to data points. The self‑reflective study takes readers on a transformative research journey – particularly Moodley, who is new to practice‑based research, supported by Craighead's expertise in site‑specific dance theatre and posthuman subjectivities. Their creative methodologies expose forms of discrimination that conventional approaches often fail to illuminate. This scholarly work will resonate not only with academics and researchers seeking more humanising ways of working with lived experience data, but also with practitioners – offering a valuable model for overcoming disciplinary constraints.