A Guide to Imagework: Imagination-Based Research Methods (Asa Research Methods in Social Anthropology)

✍ Scribed by Iain Edgar

Year: 2004
Tongue: English
Leaves: 174
Edition: annotated edition
Category: Library

No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.

✦ Synopsis

A Guide to Imagework is a pioneering guide to a new trend in ethnographic research: the use of imaginative, experiential methods such as dreamwork, artwork, Gestalt theory and psychodrama. Originating in group counselling and psychiatric therapy, imagework techniques explore subjects' imaginative resources to reveal unconscious knowledge about identity, belief and society. They are ideal for accessing rich qualitative data about how individuals and cultures function. Iain Edgar, a leading specialist on ethnographic method, has condensed top-level research theory on imagework into this handy practical manual. Complete with case studies and examples, hands-on tips and guidance on methods and ethics, it is an ideal starting point for any imagework project.

✦ Table of Contents

Book Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 4
Contents......Page 5
Foreword......Page 9
Acknowledgements......Page 11
Introduction......Page 14
Defining the imagework method......Page 19
'Imaginary fields' and the qualitative research domain......Page 25
Dreaming as ethnographic research......Page 55
Methodological issues in dreamwork and imagework groups: a case-study approach......Page 73
Amplifying the data through groupwork methods or making 'sense' out of 'nonsense'......Page 94
Charting ethnographic dreaming......Page 132
Ethical and practice issues......Page 145
Conclusion......Page 151
Notes......Page 157
References......Page 158
Index......Page 168

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