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Synopsis
Art therapy and all of the other creative arts therapies have promoted themselves as ways of expressing what cannot be conveyed in conventional language. Why is it that creative arts therapists fail to apply this line of thinking to research? In this exciting and innovative book, Shaun McNiff, one of the field's pioneering educators and authors, breaks new ground in defining and inspiring art-based research. He illustrates how practitioner-researchers can become involved in art-based inquiries during their educational studies and throughout their careers, and shows how new types of research can be created that resonate with the artistic process. Clearly and cogently expressed, the theoretical arguments are illustrated by numerous case examples, and the final part of the book provides a wealth of ideas and thought provoking questions for research.
Booknews
Borrowing ideas from the practice of creative art therapies, the author examines the possibilities for the establishment of psychological research towards therapy using similar methods. After a discussion of the theoretical foundations for such research, he provides an overview of current research examples. Finally, he explores a number of possibilities for future research projects. Distributed by Taylor & Francis. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.