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Fiction and research: A guide to connecting stories and inquiry / Becky Tipper and Leah Gilman.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Creative research methods in practice | Creative research methods in practicePublisher: Policy Press : Bristol, 2024Description: vii, 156 pages : illustrations; 22 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 23 001.4 TIP 022653
Contents:
Summary: "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, this book 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"-- Provided by publisher
List(s) this item appears in: New Collection - March 2025
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Book Book Indian Institute for Human Settlements, Bangalore 001.4 TIP 022653 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 022653

Tracing connections between fiction and research
Theoretical approaches to fiction and research
Examples of fiction in practice
Difficult questions
Crafting fictions : practical notes and creative prompts
Next steps : sharing research-fictions

"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, this book 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"-- Provided by publisher

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