Table of Contents

 

 

 

Chapter 1

Social Research and the Creative Arts: An Introduction

1

 

Pushing on the Borders of an Alternative Paradigm: Historical Context for Arts-Based Research

4

 

Arts-Based Practices: Disrupting and Extending the Qualitative Paradigm

9

 

Struggles Over Standards: Validity, Assessment, Trustworthiness, and the Renegotiation of Scientific Criteria

15

 

The Organization of this Book: From Word to Image

20

Chapter 2

Narrative Inquiry

25

 

Narrative Method

27

 

The Rise of Autobiographical Input

36

 

The Use of Fiction in Social Research

43

 

Data Analysis and Trustworthiness in Fiction-Based Narrative Research

47

 

Conclusion

50

 

What Kind of Mother...?: An Ethnographic Short Story   Karen Scott-Hoy

56

Chapter 3

Poetry and Qualitative Research

63

 

Poetic Representation

64

 

The Emergence of Poetry as a Social Research Method

65

 

Analysis, Interpretation, and Writing Research Poems

75

 

Issues of Trustworthiness and Validity in Social Scientific Poems

81

 

Conclusion

85

 

Research as Poetry: A Couple Experiences HIV   Cynthia Cannon Poindeater

92

Chapter 4

Music and Qualitative Research

101

 

Multiculturalism, Hybridity, and Ethnomusicology

104

 

Music as a Model for Qualitative Research

106

 

Portraiture, Sonic Analysis, and Performance Collage: Innovative Music-Based Research Methods

109

 

Music as Data: Possibilities for Merging Musical Data and Music-Based Methods

111

 

Conclusion

117

 

The Role of Music in an Arts-Based Qualitative Inquiry   Nouna Daykin

123

Chapter 5

Performance Studies

135

 

Drama as a Means of Personal Growth, Consciousness-Raising, and Subversion

139

 

Drama as a Research Activity: Drama as Data Collection, Analysis, and Representation

141

 

Script and Performance-Based Research Methods

143

 

Theater Arts and Education

154

 

Issues of Validity, Authenticity, and Assessment

155

 

Conclusion

157

 

Exploring Risky Youth Experiences: Popular Theatre as a Participatory, Performative Research Method   Diane Conrad

162

Chapter 6

Dance and Movement

179

 

Embodiment Research and Phenomenology

183

 

Health and Education Research: Dance as a Therapeutic Tool

184

 

Dance as a Methodological Innovation

185

 

Dance as a Representational Form

191

 

Conclusion

193

 

Writing Rhythm: Movement as Method   Mary Beth Cancienne and Celeste N. Snowler

198

Chapter 7

The Visual Arts

215

 

Visual Anthropology

217

 

Visual Art as Data and Methodological Intervention: Identity Struggles and Social Power

218

 

Visual Arts-Based Participatory Methods

227

 

Technology-Based Visual Arts Methods

230

 

Data Analysis, Interpretation, and Representation

231

 

Conclusion

234

 

Visual Portraits: Integrating Artistic Process into Qualitative Research   Carolyn Jongeward

239

Chapter 8

Bridging the Art–Science Divide

253

 

The Arts as Research

254

 

Arts-Based Research Practices

259

 

Exploding Myths and Building Coalitions: Crossing the Art and Science Divide

263

 

Author Index

267

 

Subject Index

273

 

About the Author

283

 

Contributors

284