Abstract
Qualitative psychology researchers of today face numerous practical, ethical, political, and theoretical challenges. We have often asked ourselves how we might respond to these multiple and complex challenges. On our evolving research journeys, we have found that arts-based methodologies offer one effective response. In this article, we explore our experiences of doing arts-based research in psychological contexts, by sharing and reflecting on three short stories. The stories illustrate how each arts-based project has required of us three distinct waves of engagement: interdependent engagement with people and place, aesthetic engagement with sense making processes, and emotional engagement with and of audiences. We use the story form to evoke each wave of engagement because it allows us to communicate the qualities of that engagement without finalising, foreclosing, or restricting the variety of ways arts-based research might be conducted.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 156-172 |
Number of pages | 17 |
Journal | Qualitative Research in Psychology |
Volume | 15 |
Issue number | 2-3 |
Early online date | 26 Jan 2018 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | E-pub ahead of print - 26 Jan 2018 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- arts-based research
- creativity
- critical psychology
- filmmaking
- qualitative research methods
- music
- narrative
- performative research
- songwriting