My Methodology
Arts-based research
Participatory Action Research (PAR)
Constructivist Grounded Theory: iterative in design! Traditionally works with interview data, but can work with any written data- observation etc. It is a means of making sense of your written data, finding key themes within the findings etc
ceramics
Media -sound, website, pamphlet or zine- links to deaper story of engagement through interview/ podcast, drawings, designs, idea mapping etc.
idea development through: drawing, photovoice, collage
Multi-methods approach
Bricolage/ pluralist/ pick n mix
Quant?
Would the project benefit from some quantitative methods: questionnaire/ surveys at different stages of participation. Thinking about the NHS as a possible audience to this research, will they prefer/ value quant over qual. I think the real strength and interest will be in the Qual methods tbh.
Grounded theory is the process of :Grouping/ categorising data into key themes, higher level categories and then comparing/ finding connections between these
The constructivist lenses is as a researcher developing any questions/ interactions within the research with an understanding of participants experience and their understandings as well as your own.
To be truly co-constructed, is it ethically sound for myself to have a voice leading within the research, delivery approach etc, shouldn't it be coming from everyone? How to navigate this balance
In my experience it does help for the artist/ researcher to have a vision, options or ideas that they come to the table with. It certainly helps ensure artistic integrity to the work and ensures an aesthetcs isn't lost from the project. Its so easy for community ceramics projects to produce tit bits, nothing of real artistic value, although the health/ social effects of said engagement i'm sure still really strong.
Is this basically just use of questionnaires or surveys?
Exhibition. Shop
understanding your positionality here is extremely important. Common issue of researcher 'parachuted in'
Ontological Perspective
Interpretivist/ Constructivist
Pragmatist