The baby crying next door. Chaotic street life that permeates the apartment. Music. The tone of voices in the interview recording. Whether intentional or not, sometimes important data can be heard. How do we analyze and interpret aural data? These open-access articles offer some examples.

Images or other creative expressions generated by participants can offer rich sources of data. What are the ethical issues in such studies, and how can we navigate them? Find examples and guidance in this collection of open-access articles.

Not all research involves words or numbers. Creative, visual, and arts-based methods are being used in new ways, in many fields of study. Find open-access examples in this post.

Welcome to December 2022 and a focus on creative, visual, and arts-based methods!

Read this interesting post by Tineke Abma, Barbara Groot, Alie Weerman, Frederiek Overbeek, part of the Action Research series for October 2020.

Join the Practice as Research network of researchers and meet practicing researchers using poetry and other arts media.

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A curated collection of open access articles.