Week 12 - Arts Informed Research
Reflecting on how my perception of research has changed since the beginning of this course, the article by Eisner (2006) has really summed up my thoughts about qualitative research “pushing towards pluralism”. Before I started this course, I thought that the predictable process of scientific inquiry (method, data collection, analysis, etc.) was the proper way to conduct research. One truth, determined through quantitative data and scientific rigour gave me a sense of security and, in theory, a solid ground to stand on. In contrast, qualitative inquiry could take multiple directions, lead to many truths, and researchers influence their study as much as (or more) than participants. I thought that qualitative research had an anything goes!-like attitude. This course helped me see the structure of qualitative research, through theoretical frameworks, methodologies, and qualitative rigour. That research can take the form of a...