Front Cover
Half Title
Series
Social Work Research Using Arts-Based Methods
Copyright information
Dedication
Table of contents
List of figures and tables
Notes on contributors
Introduction
References
Section I Arts-based research as a method to understand and give voice to marginalised groups
1 Using arts-based methods to explore existential issues around ageing
Introducing the research setting
Rationale for using arts-based methods to study existential questions: care for ageing people and the value of dignity
Method
Procedure of VTS XTRA
VTS XTRA procedure
VTS (standard questions)
VTS XTRA (additional reflective questions)
Application. of .VTS .XTRA .in .this .study
Summary of findings
Conclusion: using VTS XTRA as arts-based method
References
2 Arts- and music-based activities and nondeliberative participatory research methods
Nondeliberative group work practice
Participatory research methods
Audio documentary co-production as nondeliberative participatory research
Research site and setting
Data collection and analysis
Reflection and summary
The nondeliberative participatory nature of the co-produced audio documentary group
The co-produced audio documentary as process and product
Challenges and implications
References
3 Arts-based methods to co-create knowledge and reconstruct power relations with marginalised women in and through research
Introduction
Background of the research collective and arts-based research projects
Photovoicing recovery pathways
Digital storytelling on gender and changing surroundings in the context of migration
(How) do arts-based methods facilitate co-creation of knowledge?
Perspectives from the margin
Lived experiences and self-representation
Social impact
Challenges and questions in arts-based research projects
Concluding reflections
References
4 Autoethnographic playwriting and performance for self-healing and advocacy
Introduction
Autoethnographic playwriting and performance as research
Self-referential theatre conceptualised
Case study on self-referential theatre: Marília
Research question
Conceptualisation
Theater of the Oppressed
Brazilian literary traditions
Brazilian Spiritism
Solo drama
Ethnographic methods
Dissemination
Implications and limitations for social work research and education
References
5 Using photography to research the ‘other’
Introduction
Case study: China’s floating population
Arts-based research to affect change
Methodology: the validity of visual inquiry
Field work
Visual evidence
Conclusion
Notes
References
6 Mixed arts-based methods as a platform for expressing lived experience
The research design
‘Lived experience’ / ‘knowledge from experience’ as a research design that redefines what is ‘knowledge’
The rationale for using an arts-based mixed-methods approach
Research instruments as a basis for a ‘transitional space’ that arouses action
The play and the role play
Photovoice
Singing and music
Use of creative writing and statements as an expression of personal and collective narratives
Looking at the research results: second degree accessibility
Conclusions about the use of arts-based methods in research
References
7 Arts-based methods to support and reveal new mothers’ and families’ experiences: a
Introduction
Researching the impact of art therapy for mothers and families as a way to support positive parenting using arts-based methods1
The multiple case study
The curatorial project
Summary of findings: contributions of arts-based methods to understanding the impact of art therapy on positive parenting
Final reflections
Notes
References
Section II Using arts-based research to listen to, and give voice to, children in social work
8 “I don’t like the cameras in the house. They’re looking at us all the time”
Introduction
Photovoice with children
The present project
The Photovoice method photographic work model
A detailed description of the process and examples of the children’s work
The pre-project system/institutional stage
Stage 1: children’s acquaintance with Photovoice and choosing to participate
Stage 2: the children going out to take photos and the therapist documenting in his/her diary
Stage 3: returning to the group and selecting the next topic
Stage 4: exposing the photographic process to the institution’s staff and policy makers and analysing it
Examples of therapeutic and systemic results following the children’s photos
Conclusion
References
9 Arts-based research work with migrant children
Understanding ABR
Two artists’ workshops using ABR’s methods to explore children’s migration
Discussion and results
The storytelling
ABR method
Personal development
Artistic representation of migration
Conclusion
References
10 Using creative art research approaches to assess arts-based interventions with children in post-disaster contexts
Introduction
Context: Alberta Resilient Communities (ARC) project
Significance of creative art research in disaster contexts
Methodology: Youth Paint Nite
Discussion
Study limitations
Conclusion
References
Section III Arts-based research as a way for researchers and community members to understand communities
11 Murals and photography in community engagement and assessment
Photovoice and community murals
Community murals
Mural and Photovoice methods in the food store mural
Analysis of the photographs
Perspectives from service-learners
Findings drawn from the mural process and Photovoice
Individual and community transformation
Reaching policy makers
Challenges, lessons learned and recommendations
Note
References
12 Forum theatre as participatory action research with community workers
A new practice: neighbourhood teams
Forum theatre as vehicle for action research
The participatory research in action
Phase 1: determining the case
Phase 2: performing the participatory theatre
Phase 3: elaborating on the insights
Research findings
Research findings: what have we learned?
Research findings: what have we learned?
Conclusions: reflections on forum theatre as creative research methodology
Affective aesthetics
Methodological rigour
Practical relevance
Ethical responsibility
References
13 A/r/tography, rhizomatic storytelling, and ripple effects mapping
Introduction
Arts-based methodology
Arts harvesting as data collection: merging an artistic and scientific perspective
Focus on the artistic perspective: a/r/tography, rhizomatic storytelling, and ripple effect mapping
Organising data
An in-depth look at harvesting as a designed process
Data analysis and consolidation
Research findings
General themes
Dilemmas in methods
Challenges .and .issues
Lessons learned
Conclusion
References
14 Art and artefact
Introduction
Research methodology
Rationale
Methods used
Museum ethnography
Material culture and bricolage
Findings
Lessons learnt
References
15 Building research capacity
Arts-based methodologies and pedagogies: research in higher education
Arts-based strategies: creatively scaffolding research capacity
Implications for educators, trainees, and practitioners
Acknowledgements
References
16 Art as a way of improving participatory action research
Introduction
Participatory action research
Participatory action research with people with disabilities from the social work perspective
The use of art in research with people with disabilities
The study
Design
The research process
Stage 1
Pre-research
Stage 2: more in-depth research
Evaluation
Conclusion
Notes
References
Epilogue
Index
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