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Methodology

According to Faith Wambura Ngunjiri, Living Autoethnography is a qualitative research method which based on the context and the individual so as to create an understanding between the individual and other people within the same perspective. Ngunjiri stated that this method is qualitative, self-focused and yet is still context conscious; which is something which is similar to my chosen theme as I will not be solely focused on my personal perspective but the research which I will find, while also taking the overall relation of others. She has also noted this research method also allows for the study of themes which would not be easy investigated nor explored through the use of other methods such as loss, depression, pain etc. and in my case God (Ngunjiri, 2008).   Kakali Bhattacharya, wrote about the use of qualitative methods in Art Based Research. In her paper Bhattacharya, discussed how the intersection of qualitative inquiry and poetic-inquiry grounded in arts-based rese...

Skinning the Cat/ Research

I have been researching the various methods in which I could approach my research in order to integrate my poetry as a fundamental part of my work. My initial though was to further develop and investigate Translation using the interart mediums of jewellery and poetry. However, through my holiday research, I have found that there have been previous works which have included poetry as central part of research.  Some of the studies which I have come across have chosen to explore the use of poetry within academic research as follows: Poetic inquiry, Art-based Qualitative Research, Autobiographical Writing, Narrative Inquiry, Performative Research, Poetry as a Research Method, Ekphrasis, Autoethnography as Research Method, Poetry as a Process and a Product of Research, Practice-based and Practice-led Research, Inter-Art Research, and Interart Translation.  Proving there truly are countless ways to skin a cat, and in my case that there are many ways to approach research. ...