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"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"-- Provided by publisher Cover 1 Halftitle Page 6 Also from Patricia Leavy 7 Title Page 8 Copyright 9 Dedication 10 Preface 12 Acknowledgments 20 Contents 24 1. Social Research and the Creative Arts: An Introduction 28 Pushing on the Borders of an Alternative Paradigm: Historical Context for Arts-Based Research 32 Arts-Based Research Practices: An Alternative Paradigm 38 The Organization of This Book: From Word to Image 60 2. Narrative Inquiry and Fiction-Based Research 70 Background 71 Narrative Inquiry or the Narrative Method 77 Fiction-Based Research/Social Fiction 86 Special Considerations 94 Conclusion 97 Film (Excerpt), Patricia Leavy 106 3. Poetic Inquiry 111 Background 112 Poetic Inquiry or Poetry as Method 114 Uses of Poetry in Social Research 124 Special Considerations 129 Conclusion 132 Appendix 3.1 138 Children’s Poetic Voices, April R. Mandrona 141 4. Music as Method 155 Background 157 Music as a Model for Qualitative Research 162 Music as Method 165 Special Considerations 174 Conclusion 176 The Beauty of Song (Gonna Sing My Way to a PhD), Danny Bakan [online] 184 Owning My Masters: The Rhetorics of Rhymes and Revolutions, A. D. Carson [online] 184 5. Dance and Movement as Inquiry 185 Background 187 Dance as a Methodological Innovation 192 Special Considerations 201 Conclusion 204 Gender Icons, Jack Migdalek [online] 209 6. Theatre, Drama, and Film 210 Background 211 Theatre- or Drama-Based Practices 218 Film 230 Special Considerations 236 Conclusion 238 Blink, Mary E. Weems 246 7. The Visual Arts 263 Background 264 Visual Arts–Based Research Practices 269 Special Considerations 286 Conclusion 288 Low-Fat Love Stories (Excerpt), Patricia Leavy and Victoria Scotti 295 8. Evaluation Criteria for Arts-Based Research 300 Evaluation Criteria 302 Final Comments on Evaluation: On Messiness, Balance, and Artist-Researcher Positionality 323 9. Bridging the Art–Science Divide 329 The Arts as Research 330 Collaborative Arts-Based Research 336 Challenges Doing Arts-Based Research: Practical Advice 341 Exploding Myths and Building Coalitions: Crossing the Art–Science Divide 345 Author Index 350 Subject Index 357 About the Author 368 Contributors 370 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