The Prose and Cons of Poetic Representation in Evaluation Reporting
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12470990 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Cheryl MacNeil (CHERYL MacNEIL Consulting, Inc., 176 Fourth Street, Troy, NY 12180, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2000 |
| Volume | 21 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 359-367 |
| Publication date | 2000-09-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Journal of Evaluation (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1098-2140 • E-ISSN: 1557-0878 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/109821400002100307 |
| OpenAlex | W4256030769 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
| References cited | 9 |
The evaluation of modern day social programming presents challenges to the evaluation community. Among these are the need for others to understand the complexity of unique social circumstances and the inclusion of a diverse range of evaluation participants. Such challenges may call for alternative methods of representation in evaluation reporting. In this article I make a case for and demonstrate the use of poetic transcription as one form of presenting evaluation findings. Taking language from focus group interviews, I constructed a poem intended to provoke report readers to engage in a process of reflective meaning making about the program being evaluated. I discuss my rationale for using poetic transcription as a form of evaluation reporting, the method by which I constructed the representation, and the reactions of the different stakeholders involved in the evaluation
Focus group · Inclusion (mineral · Linguistics · Meaning (existential · Poetry · Political science · Process (computing · Representation (politics · Sociology · Transcription (linguistics · Community Health and Development · Computer Science · Evaluation and Performance Assessment · Psychology · Social Psychology · Social Work Education and Practice
Poetic Possibilities
A personal and poetic inquiry into Dutch coloniality
Evaluator as Steward of Citizen Deliberation
Evaluation Extrapolations
Providing Public Servants What They Need
Qualitative Studies in Special Education
From prose to poetry
Exploring Alternative Approaches for Presenting Evaluation Results
| Citations per year | 0.32 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2001 - 2023 (23) |
| Highly cited | No |