Between Art and Social Science: Scenic Composition as a Methodological Device
The scenic composition (SC) is a methodological device enabling the synthesis and articulation of researchers' own complex experiences of events witnessed during data collection. Positioned between art and social science, it makes use of literary conventions to synthesise "experience near&...
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| author | Lynn Froggett Mervyn Conroy Julian Manley Alastair Roy |
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| description | The scenic composition (SC) is a methodological device enabling the synthesis and articulation of researchers' own complex experiences of events witnessed during data collection. Positioned between art and social science, it makes use of literary conventions to synthesise "experience near" accounts of data for interpretation. This article explains how the SC is composed by drawing on associative thinking and illustrates its use within a specific case study. The conceptual basis of the SC is discussed with reference to the work of LORENZER, WINNICOTT and BION. This is the first study in which four compositions, each by a different researcher, have been used to provide a multi-faceted view of a complex event, a live webcast. The compositions are presented along with researchers' reflections. Common themes and significant differences relating to life situations, histories and dispositions of the researchers emerge. The differences were expressed through choice of literary genres, which are common cultural resources. We ask what was achieved through the use of SCs compared with a thematic analysis of the webcast, and find that apart from synthesising and presentational functions, they give access to a multi-sensory range of researchers' experiences, including unconscious elements which were then available for reflexive interpretation by an interpretation panel.
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| spelling | doaj.art-103285d88f5a44f0a17e7488cd9f9a9b2022-12-21T22:50:56ZdeuFQSForum: Qualitative Social Research1438-56272014-07-011531646Between Art and Social Science: Scenic Composition as a Methodological DeviceLynn Froggett0Mervyn Conroy1Julian Manley2Alastair Roy3University of Central LancashireUniversity of BirminghamUniversity of Central LancashireUniversity of Central LancashireThe scenic composition (SC) is a methodological device enabling the synthesis and articulation of researchers' own complex experiences of events witnessed during data collection. Positioned between art and social science, it makes use of literary conventions to synthesise "experience near" accounts of data for interpretation. This article explains how the SC is composed by drawing on associative thinking and illustrates its use within a specific case study. The conceptual basis of the SC is discussed with reference to the work of LORENZER, WINNICOTT and BION. This is the first study in which four compositions, each by a different researcher, have been used to provide a multi-faceted view of a complex event, a live webcast. The compositions are presented along with researchers' reflections. Common themes and significant differences relating to life situations, histories and dispositions of the researchers emerge. The differences were expressed through choice of literary genres, which are common cultural resources. We ask what was achieved through the use of SCs compared with a thematic analysis of the webcast, and find that apart from synthesising and presentational functions, they give access to a multi-sensory range of researchers' experiences, including unconscious elements which were then available for reflexive interpretation by an interpretation panel. URN: http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:0114-fqs140356http://www.qualitative-research.net/index.php/fqs/article/view/2143scenic compositionassociative thinkingcreative writingpsychosocial researchnew mediapublic engagementliterary analysisstreet drinking, psychoanalysis |
| spellingShingle | Lynn Froggett Mervyn Conroy Julian Manley Alastair Roy Between Art and Social Science: Scenic Composition as a Methodological Device Forum: Qualitative Social Research scenic composition associative thinking creative writing psychosocial research new media public engagement literary analysis street drinking, psychoanalysis |
| title | Between Art and Social Science: Scenic Composition as a Methodological Device |
| title_full | Between Art and Social Science: Scenic Composition as a Methodological Device |
| title_fullStr | Between Art and Social Science: Scenic Composition as a Methodological Device |
| title_full_unstemmed | Between Art and Social Science: Scenic Composition as a Methodological Device |
| title_short | Between Art and Social Science: Scenic Composition as a Methodological Device |
| title_sort | between art and social science scenic composition as a methodological device |
| topic | scenic composition associative thinking creative writing psychosocial research new media public engagement literary analysis street drinking, psychoanalysis |
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