Method Meets Art: Arts-Based Research Practice - Softcover

Leavy, Patricia

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1593852592 ISBN 13: 9781593852597

Publisher: Guilford Press, 2008

Synopsis

This book presents the first comprehensive introduction to arts-based research (ABR) practices, which scholars in multiple disciplines are fruitfully using to reveal information and represent experiences that traditional methods cannot capture. Each of the six major ABR genres--narrative inquiry, poetry, music, performance, dance, and visual art--is covered in chapters that introduce key concepts and tools and present an exemplary research article by a leading ABR practitioner. Patricia Leavy discusses the kinds of research questions these innovative approaches can address and offers practical guidance for applying them in all phases of a research project, from design and data collection to analysis, interpretation, representation, and evaluation. Chapters include checklists to guide methodological decision making, discussion questions, and recommended print and online resources.

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Method Meets Art Presents an introduction to arts-based research (ABR) practices, which scholars in multiple disciplines are using to reveal information and represent experiences that traditional methods cannot capture. Full description

Review

"Even the most informed psychologist is likely to learn something by reading this book. ... A superb resource for students and teachers alike. ... It would enhance any psychology curriculum and help the students of today become first-rate researchers of tomorrow." - APA PsycCRITIQUES

"Leavy's wonderful book provides a substantive and outstanding introduction to arts-based approaches in qualitative inquiry. Chapters on each of the major art forms include an elegant overview of the modality; key text, journal, and online references for additional information; and representative contributions by some of the leading writers in qualitative research. Method Meets Art makes a significant and, most important, pragmatic contribution to the emerging literature in arts-based inquiry. This volume is not just for artists: Leavy provides all social researchers and students an excellent resource for exploring the aesthetic paradigm and an evocative genre of qualitative research." - Johnny Saldaña, School of Theatre and Film, Arizona State University, USA

"This book seamlessly addresses fundamental questions about arts-based methods. It explores what arts-based methods are; their epistemological and theoretical foundations; the types of research questions for which they are suitable; how they are used to collect, analyze, interpret, and represent qualitative data; and how they can be evaluated. Leavy's engaging prose and examples convey the utility and beauty of arts-based methodologies." - Carol A. Bailey, Department of Sociology, Virginia Tech, USA

"Leavy effectively lays out the range of practices and potentialities for social scientists who are interested in adding arts-based approaches to their qualitative research practices. The book provides valuable jumping-off points for using innovative methods in the domains of narrative, poetry, music, performance, dance and movement, and visual arts. Instructors of qualitative methods courses across the social sciences would do well to add this resource to their libraries and course readings as a way of introducing senior undergraduate or entry-level graduate students to the invigorating possibilities made available when 'method meets art.' I would recommend the text for survey courses in qualitative methods and specialized courses in alternative or specifically arts-based approaches to research." - Monica Prendergast, Graduate School of Arts and Social Sciences, Division of Creative Arts and Learning, Lesley University, USA

"This excellent, comprehensive work will be wonderful for classes and is also a good resource for researchers who want to explore different artistic approaches and their relationship to qualitative research. I plan to use it for both of these purposes. I highly recommend this book." - Carolyn S. Ellis, Department of Communication, University of South Florida, USA

Edition details

• Publisher: Guilford Press
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 1593852592
• ISBN 13: 9781593852597
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 286