1st Edition

A Guide to Imagework Imagination-Based Research Methods

By Iain Edgar Copyright 2004
176 Pages
by Routledge

176 Pages
by Routledge

176 Pages
by Routledge

A Guide to Imagework is a pioneering guide to a new trend in ethnographic research: the use of imaginative, experiential methods such as dreamwork, artwork, Gestalt theory and psychodrama. Originating in group counselling and psychiatric therapy, imagework techniques explore subjects' imaginative resources to reveal unconscious knowledge about identity, belief and society. They are ideal for... Read more
Foreword, Acknowledgements, Introduction, 1 Defining the imagework method, 2 ‘Imaginary fields’ and the qualitative research domain, 3 Dreaming as ethnographic research, 4 Methodological issues in dreamwork and imagework groups: a case-study approach, 5 Amplifying the data through groupwork methods or making ‘sense’ out of ‘nonsense’, 6 Charting ethnographic dreaming, 7 Ethical and practice issues, 8 Conclusion, Notes, References, Index

Biography

Iain Edgar