<p>“A fantastic book, a polyvocal story and a guide to creative practice with great examples and exercises. Once I started, I couldn't put it down! Essential reading for all social researchers and research methods students.” Maggie O'Neill, University College Cork</p><p>
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“My dog-eared and scribbled-upon copy of Creative Writing for Social Research: A Practical Guide sits within reach of my desk. I am beginning my creative writing adventure and fully anticipate its condition will worsen considerably as I progress through my research project.” Aotearoa New Zealand Social Work</p>
This groundbreaking book brings creative writing to social research. Its innovative format includes creatively written contributions by researchers from a range of disciplines, modelling the techniques outlined by the authors. The book is user-friendly and shows readers:
* How to write creatively as a social researcher;
* How creative writing can help researchers to work with participants and generate data;
* How researchers can use creative writing to analyse data and communicate findings.
Inviting beginners and more experienced researchers to explore new ways of writing, this book introduces readers to creatively written research in a variety of formats including plays and poems, videos and comics. It not only gives social researchers permission, but also shows them how, to write creatively.
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Inviting beginners and more experienced researchers to explore new ways of writing, this book introduces readers to creatively written research in a variety of formats including plays and poems, videos and comics. It not only gives social researchers permission, but also shows them how, to write creatively.
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Chapter One: Introduction
Definitions
Synergies: Between Creative Writing and Social Research
What Follows
Chapter Two: Doing Creative Writing
Introduction
Doing It Yourself: Getting Started
Putting Yourself in the Picture
Observation and Description
Stories and Storying
Writing about Ideas: Essays and Lists
Doing It Yourself: Following Through
Chapter Three: Doing Research, Generating Data, Working with Participants
Introduction
Getting Started: Participatory Creative Writing for Social Research
Workshops and Groups
Working with Individuals
Data and findings: Process and Product
Chapter Four: Exploring and Articulating Findings
Introduction
Data Analysis Dissemination
Finding and Telling Stories: Storying
Chapter 5: Searching and Queer(ing) Writing
Searching
Queer(ing) Writing
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This truly multidisciplinary book gives researchers permission to write creatively, and invite others to write creatively, as part of their research, and it offers practical guidance on the issues they might face in doing so.
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Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9781447355984
Publisert
2021-01-20
Utgiver
Vendor
Policy Press
Høyde
240 mm
Bredde
172 mm
Aldersnivå
G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
184
Forfatter