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Fiction and Research

A Guide to Connecting Stories and Inquiry
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Discover how fiction can breathe life into your research. Fiction - in the form of everyday storytelling, prose, plays, films, folktales, and comics - can be powerful and resonant. This engaging book introduces the ways in which fiction can inform, inspire, and enliven all kinds of... Read More
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Discover the captivating power of fiction in research through this engaging book. With practical insights, this is essential primer will help students embark on their own research-based fiction projects in no time.

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Discover how fiction can breathe life into your research.

Fiction - in the form of everyday storytelling, prose, plays, films, folktales, and comics - can be powerful and resonant. This engaging book introduces the ways in which fiction can inform, inspire, and enliven all kinds of research.

Presenting a range of case studies and examples from diverse disciplines, Fiction and Research explores how and why researchers have employed fiction and fictional techniques throughout the research process, including using fiction to communicate research findings. An essential primer to thinking creatively with fiction, the book:

  • discusses a range of theoretical perspectives on the use of fiction in research;
  • explores challenges and ethical questions for researchers using fiction;
  • offers practical advice, creative prompts, and resources.

Enabling the reader to reflect on how fiction might be used in their own research, this comprehensive introduction will help students and experienced researchers embark on their own research-based fiction projects in no time.

Series: Creative Research Methods in Practice

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781447369738

Publisher: Bristol University Press

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 30 July 2024

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Policy Press

Illustration: 7 Illustrations, black and white

Audience: Tertiary education

DIMENSIONS

Width: 140.0mm

Height: 216.0mm

Weight: 250g

Pages: 164

About the Author

Becky Tipper is a freelance writer and researcher.

Leah Gilman is Research Fellow at the Centre for Social Ethics and Policy at the University of Manchester.

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