Creative Research Methods: A Practical Guide

by Helen Kara

Creative research methods can help to answer complex contemporary questions which are hard to answer using conventional methods alone. Creative methods can also be more ethical, helping researchers to address social injustice. This bestselling book, now in its second edition, is the first to identify and examine the five areas of creative research • arts-based research • embodied research • research using technology • multi-modal research • transformative research frameworks. Written in an accessible, practical and jargon-free style, with reflective questions, boxed text and a companion website to guide student learning, it offers numerous examples of creative methods in practice from around the world. This new edition includes a wealth of new material, with five extra chapters and over 200 new references. 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. Creative Research Methods has been cited over 750 times.

Genres: Nonfiction

320 pages, Kindle Edition

Published September 16, 2020

Reviews

[Harriet Parry · Rating 5 out of 5]

Helen Kara has yet again provided an invaluable and important resource for anyone either interested in using creative methods in their research or indeed have been applying them for some time. With ethics and rigour and of course creativity at the forefront of her writing, this guide is not only informative but also incredibly supportive for anyone feeling unsure about using creative methods and their value in academia, teaching or in community-facing settings.

There has never been a better time to pick up this book and join researchers that are working hard to interrogate western dominant ideas of who and what matters, and how their voices are heard and communicated.