Using Arts-based Research Methods: Creative Approaches for Researching Business, Organisation and Humanities (Palgrave Studies in Business, Arts and Humanities)

This book showcases a selection of arts-based research methods used in the empirical study of business, organisation and the humanities. Each chapter presents a discursive analysis and a detailed how-to guide for a range of methods including poetry, drawing, photography and social media, film, food, knitting, letter writing and dance. Consideration is given to a variety of steps in the research process, from research design and data collection to analysis and publication. Using Arts-based Research Methods is a unique resource for experienced researchers and students looking to broaden their palette of qualitative research methods. Foreword......Page 6 Acknowledgements......Page 11 Contents......Page 13 Notes on Contributors......Page 15 List of Figures......Page 20 List of Tables......Page 23 Using Arts-Based Methods of Research: A Critical Introduction to the Development of Arts-Based Research Methods......Page 25 Inclusivity and Exclusivity......Page 31 Technology vs. Handmade/Handcrafted......Page 32 A Hierarchy of Methods......Page 33 Activism and the Power of Creativity......Page 34 References......Page 35 Introduction......Page 38 Participant-Produced Drawing as a Research Method......Page 40 Why Should We Use Participant-Produced Drawings as a Research Method?......Page 41 How to Use Participant-Produced Drawing as a Method of Research......Page 47 To Consider......Page 48 To Consider......Page 49 Process: What Should I Do?......Page 52 To Consider......Page 53 To Consider......Page 54 Presentation: What Should I Keep in Mind When Writing Up My Work?......Page 55 To Consider......Page 56 References......Page 61 History of Dance as Research Method......Page 64 The Use of Dance in Research Design......Page 65 Philosophical Stance......Page 66 Research Questions......Page 67 Surfacing Unconscious “Stuff”......Page 68 Expressing Ephemeral Aspects of Experience......Page 71 Develop New Theoretical Models......Page 73 Understand Bodily Practices......Page 74 Surface Unconscious Practices and Meaning-Making Processes......Page 75 Data Collection......Page 76 Creating a Safe Space for the Participants......Page 77 Designing and Framing the Dance Session......Page 78 Capturing Movement Data......Page 79 Using Traditional Methods to Analyse Dance Data......Page 83 Using Methods from Dance to Analyse Movement Data......Page 84 Using Dance and Choreography as a Metaphorical Lens to Analyse Non-dance Phenomena......Page 85 Validation......Page 88 Dance as an Expressive Medium......Page 90 Creating Awareness of and Transparency About the Embodied Ground of Their Thinking......Page 91 References......Page 93 Introduction......Page 98 Romance for Ideas......Page 101 What Is a Pocket Film and Why Make Them?......Page 102 Smartphones and Pocket Films......Page 104 Romance, Rhythms and Pocket Films......Page 106 9-Step Process for Researching & Learning Through Pocket Film......Page 108 Step 1—Challenge......Page 109 Step 2—Relate......Page 111 Step 3—Excite......Page 113 Step 5—Scaffold......Page 116 Step 7—Liberate......Page 121 Step 8—Share......Page 122 Step 9—Reflect......Page 124 Conclusions......Page 126 References......Page 127 Introduction......Page 132 Food as a Context for Organizational Research......Page 134 Interpretive Methods......Page 137 Ethnographic Methods......Page 139 Process Methods......Page 141 Food as an Arts-Based Research Method in Organizations......Page 142 Food as a Method for Community Building......Page 143 Food as a Method for Knowledge Dissemination......Page 145 Our Food Practice: Using Food as an Arts-Based Method......Page 148 Food as an Intervention and Research Method for Career Development......Page 149 Food as a Method for Knowledge Dissemination......Page 155 Conclusions......Page 158 References......Page 160 Introduction......Page 166 Materiality......Page 168 Process of Making......Page 170 Space......Page 171 Creative Tensions......Page 173 Case Examples of Knitting and Handicraft Methods......Page 174 Research Methods Involving Knitting and Handicraft: A How-to Guide......Page 186 An Intervention in Action Research......Page 187 A Way to Create Space for Reflection......Page 189 A Way to Create Material for Aesthetic Analysis......Page 192 Conclusions......Page 194 References......Page 196 Letter Writing as Research Practice......Page 200 How to Use the Correspondence Method in Your Research......Page 206 Disclosure and Desistance: Criminal Record Holders’ Experiences of Gaining and Maintaining Employment......Page 207 Step 1—Sampling......Page 209 Step 2—Recruitment......Page 211 Step 3—Selection......Page 216 Step 4—Correspondence......Page 220 Step 5—Storage......Page 224 Transcript of Figure 5......Page 226 Transcript of Figure 6......Page 227 Conclusion......Page 228 References......Page 229 Introduction......Page 232 The Poetic Voice of the Organisation......Page 233 Poetry and Business......Page 235 Poem Houses as a Method of Enquiry......Page 237 Poem Houses: A How-to Guide......Page 238 Process......Page 239 Ethics......Page 240 Analysis and Findings......Page 241 Presentation of Findings......Page 243 Challenges and Limitations to Be Aware of......Page 252 Reflections......Page 255 References......Page 256 Introduction—Advances in Visual Methods......Page 260 Why Use Social Media/Instagram in Organisational Field Studies?......Page 263 The Business School: A Visual Approach to Post-occupancy Evaluation......Page 266 Research Design......Page 267 Encouraging Participation: The Social Character of Instagram......Page 272 Managing Data During the Project......Page 273 Analysis and Making Sense of Instagram Posts......Page 276 Stage 1: Dialogic Analysis......Page 277 Stage 2: Visual Pattern Analysis......Page 280 Stage 3: Theorising......Page 283 Conclusions......Page 288 References......Page 289 Index......Page 294