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Social science researchers are increasingly using arts-based methods to explore new pathways in the creation of knowledge through creative practice. These methods reflect a growing interest in social science scholarship toward the affective and embodied aspects of everyday practice, offering a more fluid approach to understanding the emotional qualities of quotidian experience. Click below for examples of how the arts-based methods of photovoice, performance-based arts and xxxx, can open up possibilities for creative practice in a research setting. |
PhotovoicePhotovoice is a method that involves community photography as a way of exploring affective understandings of neighbourhood and place.
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Performance-based artsPerformance-based arts, often theatre-focused, responds closely to the recent move toward embodiment research, as a way of integrating the mind and body in social inquiry.
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Visual artsVisual arts offer a powerful tool for researchers as a knowledge-building practice that can challenge and dislodge traditional ways of
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