Overview

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 to write creatively but also shows them how to do so.

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Author:   Richard Phillips ,  Helen Kara
Publisher:   Policy Press
Imprint:   Policy Press
ISBN:  

9781447355977

ISBN 10:   1447355970
Pages:   184
Publication Date:   20 January 2021
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

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

Reviews

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 Well-written, varied, helpful and engaging... for those trying creative and arts-based methods or those just wanting to understand them, this book offers such a rich yet accessible way in. Sally Chivers, Trent University

Author Information

Richard Phillips is Professor of Human Geography at the University of Sheffield. He is a specialist in creative and arts-led research methodologies, which he practises in his own work and encourages students to try in the field trips he leads in cities from Liverpool to New York. Richard's books include Georges Perec's Geographies (2019), Fieldwork for Human Geography (2012), Sex, Politics and Empire (1996), and Mapping Men and Empire: A Geography of Adventure (1997). Helen Kara has been an independent researcher since 1999 and specialises in research methods and ethics. She is the author of Creative Research Methods: A Practical Guide (Policy Press, 2nd ed. 2020) and Research Ethics in the Real World: Euro-Western and Indigenous Perspectives (Policy Press, 2018). Helen is an Honorary Senior Research Fellow at the University of Manchester, and a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences.

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