Method Meets Art Arts-Based Research Practice

by Leavy, Patricia

• ISBN13: 9781462538973
• ISBN10: 1462538975
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2020-08-12
• Publisher: The Guilford Press

Summary

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 genre-specific chapter is paired with an exemplary research article or online video link (at the companion website). Following a consistent format, chapters review how the technique was 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.

New to This Edition
*Covers additional ABR practices: concrete research poetry, musically enhanced narrative inquiry, community music projects, musical spoken word, scored transcripts, comics/graphic novels, wordless narrative research, and installation art.
*Discussions of research design, collaborative ABR, and ways to overcome common ABR challenges, plus tips for getting started.
*Numerous new research examples, including three new end-of-chapter exemplars.
*Increased attention to the impact of research, with a heightened focus on ethics, public scholarship, and issues of audience.

Pedagogical Features
*Checklists of issues to consider when deciding how to use a particular method.
*Discussion questions and activities for in-class use or assignment.
*Annotated lists of suggested readings and websites, including links to online performance pieces.
*Compelling research examples from multiple disciplines.
*Chapters follow a consistent format and can be read independently or in sequence; new guiding questions introduce sections within chapters.

Winner—2021 USA Best Book Awards, Art category

Author Biography

Patricia Leavy, PhD, is an independent sociologist and former Chair of Sociology and Criminology and Founding Director of Gender Studies at Stonehill College in Easton, Massachusetts. She is the author, coauthor, or editor of over 30 books, and the creator and editor of 10 book series. Known for her commitment to public scholarship, she is frequently contacted by the U.S. national news media and has blogged for The Huffington Post, The Creativity Post, and We Are the Real Deal. She is also co-founder and co-editor-in-chief of the journal Art/Research International. Dr. Leavy has received numerous awards for her work in the field of research methods, including the Distinguished Service Outside the Profession Award from the National Art Education Association, the New England Sociologist of the Year Award from the New England Sociological Association, the Special Achievement Award from the American Creativity Association, the Egon Guba Memorial Keynote Lecture Award from the American Educational Research Association Qualitative Special Interest Group, and the Special Career Award from the International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry. In 2016, Mogul, a global women’s empowerment platform, named her an “Influencer.” The School of Fine and Performing Arts at the State University of New York at New Paltz has established the Patricia Leavy Award for Art and Social Justice in her honor. Dr. Leavy delivers invited lectures and keynote addresses at universities and conferences. Her website is www.patricialeavy.com.

Table of Contents

1. Social Research and the Creative Arts: An Introduction
2. Narrative Inquiry and Fiction Based Research
3. Poetic Inquiry
4. Music as Method
5. Dance and Movement as Inquiry
6. Theatre, Drama, and Film
7. The Visual Arts
8. Evaluation Criteria for Arts-Based Research
9. Bridging the Art–Science Divide
Author Index
Subject Index