CRITICAL AND CREATIVE RESEARCH METHODOLOGIES IN SOCIAL WORK
I love this book. It is just what I and my PhD students have been waiting for. Engaging and scholarly, this book challenges social workers to move beyond conventional models of research to explore critical and creative research methodologies to promote social justice. The practicalities of writing ethnography, the importance of situating oneself and the value of reflexivity are all emphasized, alongside innovative ways of using arts-based methods, including photography, stories, film, sculpture and drawing, to empower research participants. It is a wonderful anthology.
Bob Pease, Deakin University, Australia
Interest in the development of creative practices in research has grown apace in recent years. This stunning book engages with a range of innovative techniques grounding them in the strong methodological orientation of social works social justice principles. A scholarly collection that significantly advances the field of social work research and is a must buy.
Charlotte Williams, RMIT University, Australia
This unique book presents new approaches to social work research which in their creativity challenge the very way in which we think of research methodology. The authors share their experiences in their multifaceted studies in and about social work. The insights of this book go far beyond individual topics as the creative and critical methods challenge the present rationales of academia. The well-argued and wise views of this book should not be ignored by anyone interested in knowledge in social work.
Tarja Ps, University of Tampere, Finland
For Katerina Bryant
Critical and Creative Research Methodologies in Social Work
Edited by
LIA BRYANT
The University of South Australia, Australia
First published 2015 by Ashgate Publishing
Published 2016 by Routledge
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Critical and creative research methodologies in social work / [edited by] Lia Bryant.
pages cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-1-4724-2582-9 (hardback : alk. paper) -- ISBN 978-1-3155-7490-5 (ebook) -- ISBN 978-1-3171-5762-5 (epub) 1. Social service--Research--Methodology. I. Bryant, Lia, editor.
HV11.C7924 2015
361.0072--dc23
2015002209
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Contents
Lia Bryant
Fatin Shabbar
Andrea Nikischer
Aitor Gmez and Ariadna Munt
Deirdre Tedmanson
Amy Parkes
Lia Bryant and Mona Livholts
Mona Livholts
Danielle May
Lisa Hodge
Fiona Buchanan
Ephrat Huss, Dorit Segal-Engelchin and Roni Kaufman
Lia Bryant
List of Figures and Tables
Figures
Tables
List of Contributors
Lia Bryant is Associate Professor of Social Work and Sociology at the University of South Australia. She is also Director of the Centre for Social Change; Associate Head for Research and Research Education; and Discipline Head of Social Work and Human Services at the University of South Australia, Australia. Associate Professor Bryant teaches research and research methods to undergraduate social workers, honours and masters students. She also runs the doctoral programme in the School of Psychology, Social Work and Social Policy. She has published widely on gender, emotions, sexuality and embodiment in the rural. Bryant has co-authored Gender and Rurality (2011, Routledge) with Barbara Pini and edited Sexuality, Rurality and Geography (2013, Lexington Books) with Andrew Gorman-Murray and Barbara Pini. She has published in a variety of academic journals including Gender, Place and Culture, Journal of Rural Studies, Feminist Review, Sociologia Ruralis, Gender, Work and Organisation, Ageing and Society and the International Journal of Qualitative Methods. She has a forthcoming book with Katrina Jaworski, Walking on the Grass: Women Supervising and Writing Doctoral Theses (Lexington Books).
Fiona Buchanan is a lecturer in Social Work with the School of Psychology, Social Work and Social Policy at the University of South Australia. Her research interests include domestic violence, gender issues, childhood trauma, mothering, innovation in teaching and learning, knowledge in emotions and incorporating arts as research methods.
Roni Kaufman is Chair of the Masters of Social Work at the Spitzer Department of Social Work, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Israel. He is the founder and chair of the Community Organisation and Social Change track in the Master of Social Work programme and the founder and chair of the Food Security Information and Advocacy Project.
Aitor Gmez is Professor of Research Methods at the Rovira i Virgili University, Spain. Professor Gmez is a member of the research project PERARES. The Public Engagement with Research and Research Engagement with Society, funded by the European Framework Programme of Research. He coordinated a special issue for Qualitative Inquiry on communicative methodology.
Lisa Hodge is a doctoral candidate and sessional staff member in the School of Psychology, Social Work and Social Policy at the University of South Australia. Her primary research interests include eating disorders and child sexual abuse in particular and mental health more broadly, as well as violence against women, self-harm, and the sociology of emotions. Her most recent publication is The Beauty of Eating Disorders in Crafting Allure: Beauty, Culture and Identity (2014, Inter-Disciplinary Press).
Ephrat Huss is a senior lecturer in the social work department of Ben-Gurion University, Israel, and chairs an MA specialisation in creative tools for social workers. She has published extensively on this subject, including a book called What We See and What We Say: Using Images in Research, Therapy, Empowerment, and Social Change
