Series: Creative Research Methods in Practice

This is the essential guide to the innovative qualitative research technique of sandboxing. Originating from play therapy, sandboxing enables children, young people and adults to create three-dimensional scenes using miniature figures and everyday objects in a sand-filled tray. Creating these sand scenes offers opportunities for individuals and groups to reflect on and represent memories, everyday experiences and ideas about the...

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...

Poetic Inquiry as Research is an arts-based approach integrating the humanities and sciences to enhance the quality of social science research and its dissemination. This insightful guide sheds light on the transformative power of poetic inquiry in academic research. Blending poetry with scholarly work, it offers practical advice on crafting research poems, distinguishing them from literary poems, and determining when...

This accessible and practical guide introduces a range of creative techniques to enhance interview-based research. From using objects and documents to choosing the right interview medium, it offers fresh approaches to generating rich, credible data in conversational settings that centre the participant. Enhanced Interviews by Hoda Wassif and Maged Zakher provides insightful strategies for engaging participants effectively and obtaining valuable...

This pioneering guide explores podcasting as a powerful tool for data collection and knowledge production, demonstrating the value of the medium as a qualitative research method. Podcasting as a Research Method is a must-read for researchers looking to innovate by creatively and critically engaging with sound in their work.