Echoes of silence
An embossed poetic inquiry
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12645508 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Josh Ambrosy (0000-0002-6123-3620, Institute of Education, Arts and Community, Federation University Australia , ,, corresponding author), Benjamin Zonca (0009-0004-2272-8630, The University of Melbourne) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 25 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 590-605 |
| Publication date | 2024-06-17 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Qualitative Research Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1443-9883 • E-ISSN: 1448-0980 |
| Publisher | Emerald Publishing Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1108/qrj-02-2024-0038 |
| OpenAlex | W4399748686 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 15 |
Purpose Silences in qualitative social science research present a unique and sometimes ambiguous challenge for researchers. When working with transcription artefacts, considering not only what has been said but also what has been silenced, omitted, overlooked or brushed over allows new ways of examining a phenomenon. This paper explores a new methodological approach to exploring these silences. Design/methodology/approach This article explores “embossed” poetry as a methodological process to consider what has not been said. Via an empirical study that examined the experience of six teachers of a year nine programme in Victoria, Australia, we explore how embossed poems within a larger research project allowed the interrogating of silences. Through a polyvocal performance of text and poetry, this paper argues that embossed poetry offers significant methodological possibilities through which previously silenced ideas and analytical processes can become visible within poetic research praxis. Findings The findings of this paper are that by using embossed concrete poems, researchers can explore new territories within qualitative work. By putting down the keyboard and picking up a hand-embossing tool, new space for thought emerges and other parts of an assemblage can be explored. Originality/value This paper presents a unique methodological contribution to poetic inquiry. Furthermore, it explores the path trodden to develop this new approach through a reflexive-diffractive polyvocal text
Aesthetics · Art · Literature · Poetry · Silence · Sociology · Posthumanist Ethics and Activism
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| Highly cited | No |
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