"Bring a Picture, Song, or Poem": Expression Sessions as a Participatory Methodology
Participatory research approaches in which participants are placed at the center of the research have been successfully used to facilitate research engagement and open expression. In this article we describe our experiences of using a novel, hybrid participatory methodology called expression session...
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| description | Participatory research approaches in which participants are placed at the center of the research have been successfully used to facilitate research engagement and open expression. In this article we describe our experiences of using a novel, hybrid participatory methodology called expression sessions (ES) with adolescents. We specifically explain how the ES method was conceptualized and operationalized and offer reflections on the usefulness of this approach. Our study was implemented through 24 focus group discussions with 144 adolescent participants aged 12-17 years old. We found the ES method valuable to encourage active participation, facilitate open and meaningful expressions, and enhance collaborative reflection. Through the ES approach participants had the freedom to choose their most proficient ways of expression, which facilitated reflection and discussion of issues in new meaningful ways. In this article thus we present an alternative, participatory methodology that can easily be adopted by qualitative researchers and with diverse samples. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-9282ac26129149d686780e8b118e66842023-02-18T08:33:01ZdeuFQSForum: Qualitative Social Research1438-56272023-01-0124110.17169/fqs-24.1.39273927"Bring a Picture, Song, or Poem": Expression Sessions as a Participatory MethodologyCandice Groenewald0https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2731-1370Zaynab Essack1Human Sciences Research CouncilHuman Sciences Research CouncilParticipatory research approaches in which participants are placed at the center of the research have been successfully used to facilitate research engagement and open expression. In this article we describe our experiences of using a novel, hybrid participatory methodology called expression sessions (ES) with adolescents. We specifically explain how the ES method was conceptualized and operationalized and offer reflections on the usefulness of this approach. Our study was implemented through 24 focus group discussions with 144 adolescent participants aged 12-17 years old. We found the ES method valuable to encourage active participation, facilitate open and meaningful expressions, and enhance collaborative reflection. Through the ES approach participants had the freedom to choose their most proficient ways of expression, which facilitated reflection and discussion of issues in new meaningful ways. In this article thus we present an alternative, participatory methodology that can easily be adopted by qualitative researchers and with diverse samples.https://www.qualitative-research.net/index.php/fqs/article/view/3927adolescentsfocus groupsparticipatory visual methodsqualitativethematic analysisexpression sessionssouth africa |
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| title | "Bring a Picture, Song, or Poem": Expression Sessions as a Participatory Methodology |
| title_full | "Bring a Picture, Song, or Poem": Expression Sessions as a Participatory Methodology |
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| title_short | "Bring a Picture, Song, or Poem": Expression Sessions as a Participatory Methodology |
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| topic | adolescents focus groups participatory visual methods qualitative thematic analysis expression sessions south africa |
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