Iconographic Research Poetry

This open access book introduces readers to the craft of writing iconographic research poetry in a way that is scholarly, yet playful. By tracing the historical foundations of concrete and iconographic poetry, as well as the development of research poetry and poetic inquiry, the book examines the intellectual roots that inform this unique methodological approach.

The book offers a detailed description of the methods that can be used to design iconographic research poetry. It includes step-by-step description of strategies that researchers can use to create iconographic research poetry from qualitative data. By explicating the processes by which data can be represented in the form of iconographic research poetry and offering exemplars, readers will find specific hands-on strategies for creating their own iconographic research poems. The book contains writing exercises designed to help aspiring iconographic research poets exercise their poetic imagination. It also provides qualitative research instructors with suggestions for integrating iconographic research poetry into the classroom.

Explicates the methods used to create iconographic research poetry Offers engaging activities that instructors can use to teach iconographic research poetry Provides inspiring writing exercises to help researchers create iconographic research poems This book is open access, which means that you have free and unlimited access

Autorentext

Marcy Meyer (BS, Georgetown University; MA, PhD, Michigan State University) is an Associate Professor in the Department of Communication Studies at Ball State University and an Associate Editor at Art/Research International: A Transdisciplinary Journal. A winner of the International Communication Association W. Charles Redding Dissertation Award and the Central States Communication Association Federation Prize for Outstanding Research, Marcy has presented and published her research about organizational communication, innovation, mentoring, diversity, and poetic inquiry internationally.

Inhalt
Introduction.- Methods: Designing iconographic research poetry.- The state of concrete and iconographic research poetry.- Iconographic research poetry in the classroom.- Conclusion and new beginnings.- Postscript.