Embodied Inquiry: Research Methods

Jennifer Leigh (University of Kent, UK),Nicole Brown (IOE, Faculty of Education and Society, University College London, UK)

Embodied Inquiry: Research Methods
Format
Hardback
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Country
United Kingdom
Published
17 June 2021
Pages
144
ISBN
9781350118775

Embodied Inquiry: Research Methods

Jennifer Leigh (University of Kent, UK),Nicole Brown (IOE, Faculty of Education and Society, University College London, UK)

Embodied inquiry is the process of using embodied approaches in order to study, explore or investigate a topic. But what does it actually mean to be ‘embodied’? This book explores why and how we use our bodies in order to research, what an embodied approach brings to a research project, and the kinds of considerations that need to be taken into account to research in this way.

We all have bodies, feelings, emotions and experiences that affect the questions we are interested in, the ways in which we choose to approach finding out the answers to those questions, and the patterns we see in the data we gather as a result. Embodied Inquiry foregrounds these questions of positionality and reflexivity in research. It considers how a project or study may be designed to take these into account and why multimodal and creative approaches to research may be used to capture embodied experiences. The book offers insights into how to analyse the types of data emerging from embodied inquiries, and the ethical considerations that are important to consider.

Accounting for the interdisciplinary nature of the field, this book has been written to be a concise primer into Embodied Inquiry for research students, scholars and practitioners alike.

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