Handbook of the Arts in Qualitative Research

Ardra L. Cole is a Professor of Creative Inquiry and Adult Learning within the Program of Adult Education and Community Development at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education of the University of Toronto. She is also a Co-directors of the Centre for Arts-informed Research (CAIR) in the Department of Adult Education and Counselling Psychology. Ardra has published extensively on life history, reflexive, and arts-informed research as well as in the area of teacher education and development. Her co-authored books include: Through Preservice Teachers' Eyes: Exploring Field Experiences through Narrative and Inquiry (Macmillan); Researching Teaching: Exploring Teacher Development through Reflexive Inquiry (Allyn & Bacon); The Heart of the Matter: Teacher Educators and Teacher Education Reform (Caddo Gap Press); and Lives in Context: The Art of Life History Research (AltaMira Press). They are co-editors of The Arts-informed Inquiry Series (Series Editor, J. Gary Knowles) which includes: The Art of Writing Inquiry (2001); Provoked by Art (2004); The Art of Visual Inquiry (2007); and Creating Scholartistry (2007) (Backalong Books and CAIR), Ardra has helped many graduate students complete arts-informed doctoral and Master's degree theses. Graduates furnished work embodying poetic, fictional, performative, and visual arts inquiry processes and forms in addressing educational and social issues. Ardra, along with others, created several installations portraying life in the academy (Living in Paradox) that were installed in numerous professional / research conferences and institutions. Ardra has published extensively in conventional and non-conventional academic prose and in alternative, scholarly, non-print media throughout her career as a teacher educator and qualitative research methodologist. Ardra's ongoing research (with Maura McIntyre) on care and caregiving and Alzheimer's disease involves multi-media installation-Living and Dying with Dignity: The Alzheimer's Project, performance-Love Stories about Caregiving and Alzheimer's Disease, and the World Wide Web-Putting Care on the Map (oise.utoronto.ca/research/mappingcare). Her current writing projects include a series of research-based novellas about the teacher education professoriate, But I Want to make a Difference and Of Dogs and Dissertations: Notes on Writing and Life. As she moves through life in the company of dogs, Ardra continues to learn about the meaning of love, loyalty, and living in the moment.

"This work's quality, diversity, and breadth of coverage make it a valuable resource for collections concerned with qualitative research in a broad range of disciplines. Highly recommended." -G.R. Walden, CHOICEThe Handbook of the Arts in Qualitative Inquiry: Perspectives, Methodologies, Examples, and Issues represents an unfolding and expanding orientation to qualitative social science research that draws inspiration, concepts, processes, and representational forms from the arts. In this defining work, J. Gary Knowles and Ardra L. Cole bring together the top scholars in qualitative methods to provide a comprehensive overview of the past, present, and future of arts-based research. This Handbook provides an accessible and stimulating collection of theoretical arguments and illustrative examples that delineate the role of the arts in qualitative social science research.Key FeaturesDefines and explores the role of the arts in qualitative social science research: The Handbook presents an analysis of classic and emerging methodologies and approaches that employs the arts in the qualitative research process.Brings together a unique group of scholars: Offering diverse perspectives, contributors to this volume represent a wide range of disciplines including the humanities, media and communication, anthropology, sociology, psychology, women's studies, education, social work, nursing, and health and medicine.Offers comprehensive coverage of the genres employed by qualitative researchers: Scholars use multiple ways to advance knowledge including literary forms, performance, visual art, various types of media, narrative, folk art, and more.Articulates challenges inherent in alternative methodologies: This volume discusses the issues and challenges faced when employing art in research including ethical issues, academic merit issues, and even funding issues.Intended AudienceThis is an essential resource for any scholar interested in qualitative research, as well as a critical resource for all academic and public libraries.

Part I: KnowingChapter 1: Art and Knowledge - Elliot EisnerChapter 2: The Art of Indigenous Knowledge: A Million Porcupines Crying in the Dark - Thomas KingPart II: MethodologiesChapter 3: Art-Based Research - Shaun McNiff Chapter 4: Visual Images in Research - Sandra WeberChapter 5: Arts-informed Research - Ardra L. Cole and J. Gary KnowlesChapter 6: Arts-based Research - Susan FinleyChapter 7: A/R/Tographers and Living Inquiry - Stephanie Springgay, Rita L. Irwin, and Sylvia Kind Chapter 8: Lyric Inquiry - Lorri NeilsenPart III: GenresChapter 9: Creative Non-fiction and Social Research - Tom BaroneChapter 10: Interpretive Biography - Norman Denzin Chapter 11: Heartful Autoethnography - Karen Scott-Hoy and Carolyn Ellis Chapter 12: Métissage - Cynthia Chambers and Erika Hasebe-Ludt with Dwayne Donald, Wanda Hurren, Carl Leggo, and Antoinette ObergChapter 13: Fiction - Stephen BanksChapter 14: Poetry - Carl LeggoChapter 15: Dance and Choreography - Donald Blumenfeld-JonesChapter 16: Performative Inquiry - Ronald J. Pelias Chapter 17: Ethnodrama and Ethnotheatre - Johnny SaldañaChapter18: Readers' Theater - Robert Donmoyer and June Yennie DonmoyerChapter 19: Music - Liora BreslerChapter 20: Painting - Graeme SullivanChapter 21: Photographs - Claudia Mitchell and Susan AllnuttChapter 22: Collage - Lynn Butler-KisberChapter 23: Textu(r)al Sculpture - Alex F. de CossonChapter 24: Installation Art - Ardra Cole and Maura McIntyreChapter 25: Video - Janice RahnChapter 26: Blogs - Robert RunteChapter 27: Zines - Troy LovataChapter 28: Radio - Christine McKenzieChapter 29: Community Arts - Deborah BarndtChapter 30: Quilts - Helen K. BallPart IV: Inquiry ProcessesChapter 31: An Indigenous Storywork Methodology - Jo-ann Archibald Chapter 32: Literacy Genres: Housecleaning--A Work with Theoretical Notes - Lorri Neilsen Chapter 33: From Research Analysis to Performance: A Choreographic Process - Mary Beth Cancienne Chapter 34: Image-based Educational Research: Child-like Perspectives - Jon Prosser and Catherine Burke Chapter 35: Exhibiting as Inquiry: Travels of an Accidental - Kathryn ChurchChapter 36: No Style, No Composition, No Judgment - Janice Jipson and Nick PaleyPart V: Issues and ChallengesChapter 37: Performing Data with Notions of Responsibility - Jim Mienczakowski and Teresa Moore Chapter 38: Ethical Issues and Issues of Ethics - Chris Sinding, Ross Gray, and Jeff Nisker Chapter 39: Interrogating Reflexivity: Art, Research, and the Desire for Presence - Elizabeth de Freitas Chapter 40: Art and Experience: Lessons from Dewey and Hawkins - Valerie J. JanesickChapter 41: Going Public with Arts-inspired Social Research: Issues of Audience - Tom BaroneChapter 42: Between Scholarship and Art: Dramaturgy and Quality in Arts-related Research - Kelli Jo Kerry-MoranChapter 43: Money Worries: Challenges of Funding Arts-related Research - Ross Gray and Ardra Cole Chapter 44: Using the Arts to Create a Thesis or Dissertation - J. Gary Knowles and Sara PromislowPart VI: Arts in Research across DisciplinesChapter 45: Anthropology - Ruth BeharChapter 46: Psychology - Graham E. HiggsChapter 47: Women's Studies - Lekkie HopkinsChapter 48: Education - Christine van Halen-Faber and C. T. Patrick DiamondChapter 49: Social Work - Adrienne ChambonChapter 50: Nursing - Vangie Bergum and Dianne GodkinChapter 51: Health-Policy Research - Jeff NiskerChapter 52: Disability Studies - Esther Ignagni and Kathryn ChurchChapter 53: Business Studies - Laura Brearley and Lotte Darso Chapter 54: Sport and Physical Education - Andrew C. Sparkes