Method meets art: arts-based research practice

"Ideal for courses in multiple disciplines, the third edition of this award-winning text has been revised and updated with new topics, examples, and guiding questions to introduce each chapter's sections. Patricia Leavy presents a practical guide to the full range of arts-based research (ABR) genres-narrative inquiry, fiction-based research, poetry, music, dance, theatre, film, and visual art. Each chapter is paired with an exemplary research article or online video link (at the companion website) that demonstrates the techniques in action. Following a consistent format, chapters review how each genre developed, explore its methodological variations and the kind of research questions it can address, and describe diverse sample studies. Checklists and practical advice help readers harness the power of these innovative techniques for their own studies or dissertations. Key words/ subject areas: advanced qualitative research, arts-based research methods, projects, autoethnography, feminist, feminism, performance, qualitative methods, doing public scholarship, critical research approaches, creative arts therapy, sociological fiction, textbooks, texts, interpretive inquiry Audience: Graduate students and instructors in education, sociology, psychology, communications, nursing, social work, and fine arts; qualitative researchers interested in using arts-based methods in their work"

Social research and the creative arts: an introduction -- Narrative inquiry and fiction-based research -- Poetic inquiry -- Music as method -- Dance and movement as inquiry -- Theatre, drama, and film -- The visual arts -- Evaluation criteria for arts-based research -- Bridging the art-science divide