Creative Methods in Qualitative Research

This interactive workshop explores creativity within qualitative research, helps identify opportunities to use creative methods and considers analysis in qualitative research with a specific focus on how to deal with data that is not textual, but comes out of creative methods. Attendees will be actively experimenting with sorting and making activities, such as "pick a card" or "diamond 9", and the process of creating representations. These activities and methods have been found particularly helpful in yielding rich qualitative data and thus provide a deeper insight into research participants' experiences. In the second session, we explore how to analyse “messy data”. We consider the principles and processes of analysis within qualitative research and practise different analytical frameworks to compare the analyses of linear texts with those of visual/sensory data.

By the end of the workshop, attendees will:

* Have critical awareness of what creativity in qualitative research is and means

* Have practical knowledge and personal experience of creative methods for data collection and analysis

* Are able to critically evaluate the advantages and risks of using creative methods

* Feel permitted to "experiment" and "try" in qualitative research.

The course will cover:

* Theoretical underpinnings for the use of creative methods

* Practical ideas for data collection and analysis

* Ethical issues to be considered when using creative methods

* The role of the researcher in data collection and analysis

Who should attend?

This course is suitable for anyone who would like to experience and learn more about alternative and/or complementary methods to commonly applied qualitative approaches, such as focus groups and interviews. No experience with creative methods is required or expected. However, it is expected that attendees have prior knowledge or experience of and with qualitative research.

Workshop language: The course materials will be in English, and most of the instructions will also be in English. However, Nicole is from Leoben, Steiermark, so is very comfortable switching to a German delivery and/or discussion, should the participants so wish.

Dates: Thursday 13.05.2021 - Friday 14.05.2021, 10:00 - 13:00

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