Creative Research Methods in the Social Sciences
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Creative Research Methods in the Social Sciences

A Practical Guide

  1. 224 pages
  2. English
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eBook - ePub

Creative Research Methods in the Social Sciences

A Practical Guide

About this book

With foreword by Kenneth J. Gergen and Mary M. Gergen.

Creative research methods can help to answer complex contemporary questions, which are hard to answer using traditional methods alone. Creative methods can also be more ethical, helping researchers to address social injustice.

This accessible book is the first to identify and examine the four areas of creative research methods: arts-based research, research using technology, mixed-method research and transformative research frameworks. Written in a practical and jargon-free style, with over 100 boxed examples, it offers numerous examples of creative methods in practice, from the social sciences, arts, and humanities around the world. Spanning the gulf between academia and practice, this useful book will inform and inspire researchers by showing readers why, when, and how to use creative methods in their research.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Copyright
  4. Contents
  5. List of figures and tables
  6. Debts of gratitude
  7. Foreword
  8. Dedication
  9. How this book can help
  10. one Introducing creative research
  11. two Creative research methods in practice
  12. three Creative research methods and ethics
  13. four Creative thinking
  14. five Gathering data
  15. six Analysing data
  16. seven Writing for research
  17. eight Presentation
  18. nine Dissemination, implementation and knowledge exchange
  19. ten Conclusion
  20. References