12 Arts-based and embodied presentation
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Helen Kara
Abstract
All researchers will need to present their research to at least one audience, such as a written report for commissioners, a PowerPoint presentation for stakeholders or a dissertation or thesis for examiners. Presentation is a form of dissemination, but usually requires the researcher to be present, while on the whole dissemination happens through media that people can access independently, ranging from academic journals to art exhibitions to websites. Dissemination will be covered in Chapter 14.
All presentation is embodied; we cannot present research from outside our bodies (Ellingson 2017: 1). Conventional presentation techniques, such as written conference papers read out word for word, can be stultifyingly dull (Cutcher 2013: 39). If we want our research to make an impact, we need to present it in ways that audiences appreciate (Tracy 2010: 838; Kirk 2012: 32; Jones and Leavy 2014: 3). Luckily, there are many creative ways to make research presentations more engaging through visual, performative and other arts-based techniques (Gergen and Gergen 2012: 12, 25–6). However, as with all creative research methods, it’s essential to make sure that you choose methods of presentation that suit your purposes and are appropriate for your audience(s), rather than using a method just because someone you admire has used it or because it appeals to you.
Just as research methods should be chosen because they are most likely to help answer research questions, so methods of presenting and disseminating research should be chosen because they are most likely to help in conveying the key messages of the research to the audience(s) (Kelleher and Wagener 2011: 826; McNiff 2018: 34).
Abstract
All researchers will need to present their research to at least one audience, such as a written report for commissioners, a PowerPoint presentation for stakeholders or a dissertation or thesis for examiners. Presentation is a form of dissemination, but usually requires the researcher to be present, while on the whole dissemination happens through media that people can access independently, ranging from academic journals to art exhibitions to websites. Dissemination will be covered in Chapter 14.
All presentation is embodied; we cannot present research from outside our bodies (Ellingson 2017: 1). Conventional presentation techniques, such as written conference papers read out word for word, can be stultifyingly dull (Cutcher 2013: 39). If we want our research to make an impact, we need to present it in ways that audiences appreciate (Tracy 2010: 838; Kirk 2012: 32; Jones and Leavy 2014: 3). Luckily, there are many creative ways to make research presentations more engaging through visual, performative and other arts-based techniques (Gergen and Gergen 2012: 12, 25–6). However, as with all creative research methods, it’s essential to make sure that you choose methods of presentation that suit your purposes and are appropriate for your audience(s), rather than using a method just because someone you admire has used it or because it appeals to you.
Just as research methods should be chosen because they are most likely to help answer research questions, so methods of presenting and disseminating research should be chosen because they are most likely to help in conveying the key messages of the research to the audience(s) (Kelleher and Wagener 2011: 826; McNiff 2018: 34).
Chapters in this book
- Front Matter i
- Contents vii
- List of boxes, figures and tables xi
- Notes on the author xv
- Foreword xvi
- Debts of gratitude xvii
- How this book can help 1
- Introducing creative research 5
- Creative research methods in practice 23
- Transformative research frameworks and Indigenous research 45
- Creative research methods and ethics 61
- Creative thinking 77
- Arts-based and embodied data gathering 101
- Technology-based and multi-modal data gathering 119
- Arts-based and embodied data analysis 135
- Technology-based and multi-modal data analysis 149
- Arts-based and embodied research reporting 163
- Technology-based and multi-modal research reporting 177
- Arts-based and embodied presentation 187
- Technology-based and multi-modal presentation 199
- From research into practice 215
- Conclusion 235
- Further reading 239
- References 241
- Index 285
Chapters in this book
- Front Matter i
- Contents vii
- List of boxes, figures and tables xi
- Notes on the author xv
- Foreword xvi
- Debts of gratitude xvii
- How this book can help 1
- Introducing creative research 5
- Creative research methods in practice 23
- Transformative research frameworks and Indigenous research 45
- Creative research methods and ethics 61
- Creative thinking 77
- Arts-based and embodied data gathering 101
- Technology-based and multi-modal data gathering 119
- Arts-based and embodied data analysis 135
- Technology-based and multi-modal data analysis 149
- Arts-based and embodied research reporting 163
- Technology-based and multi-modal research reporting 177
- Arts-based and embodied presentation 187
- Technology-based and multi-modal presentation 199
- From research into practice 215
- Conclusion 235
- Further reading 239
- References 241
- Index 285
