Fiction and Research

A Guide to Connecting Stories and Inquiry
1. Auflage 2024
ISBN: 978-1-4473-6973-8
Verlag: Bristol University Press

Buch, Englisch, 164 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 200 g

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Tipper, Becky

Gilman, Leah

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein Empirische Sozialforschung, Statistik
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Schreiben und Publizieren, Kreatives Schreiben
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Forschung und Information Forschungsmethodik, Wissenschaftliche Ausstattung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part 1: Thinking about Fiction and Research

1. Tracing Connections between Fiction and Research

2. Theoretical Approaches to Fiction and Research

Part 2: Fiction in Practice

3. Examples of Fiction in Practice

4. Difficult Questions

Part 3: Creating and Sharing Fiction

5. Crafting Fictions: Practical Notes and Creative Prompts

6. Next Steps: Sharing Research-Fictions

Über Autor(innen)

Tipper, Becky
Becky Tipper is a freelance writer and researcher.

Gilman, Leah
Leah Gilman is a Wellcome Trust Research Fellow in the Department of Sociological Studies at The University of Sheffield.

Becky Tipper is a freelance writer and researcher.

Leah Gilman is Wellcome Trust Research Fellow in the Department of Sociological Studies at The University of Sheffield.