Integrating Arts-Based Approaches in Mixed Methods Research with Diverse Stakeholders
Document Type
Contribution to Book
Publication Date
2022
Publication Title
The Routledge Handbook for Advancing Integration in Mixed Methods Research
DOI
10.4324/9780429432828-29
Abstract
Although mixed methods researchers are increasingly using arts-based approaches, how these approaches can be integrated in work involving diverse stakeholders is under-theorized. The purpose of this chapter is to discuss the implications of integrating arts-based approaches in mixed methods studies involving diverse stakeholders. After identifying our contextual and conceptual frameworks, we briefly describe our methods for locating and selecting four case examples for discussion. These examples come from a range of disciplines (e.g., education, public health), used a variety of arts-based approaches (e.g., dance, drawing, music), and used multiple forms of integration (e.g., data transformation, merging integration). Then, with each example, we briefly summarize the study and reflect on what the study offers to us as teacher-researchers, one in a university context and the other in a k-12 context. Our reflections highlight how our different positionalities impact our visions for applying these studies methodologically and conceptually in our own work. We then provide a discussion of the similarities and differences across the case examples and highlight the benefits and challenges to integrating arts-based approaches in mixed methods studies when working cross-culturally with research team members, participants, and other stakeholders.
Recommended Citation
Shannon-Baker, Peggy, Claudia Martinez.
2022.
"Integrating Arts-Based Approaches in Mixed Methods Research with Diverse Stakeholders."
The Routledge Handbook for Advancing Integration in Mixed Methods Research: 372-387: Taylor & Francis Online.
doi: 10.4324/9780429432828-29
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/curriculum-facpubs/336
Comments
Georgia Southern University faculty member, Peggy Shannon-Baker co-authored Integrating Arts-Based Approaches in Mixed Methods Research with Diverse Stakeholders.