Thinking and Caring With Arts-Based Research: An Assemblage of Methods to Promote Public Health

Dadich, A; Watfern, C; Doran, B; Boydell, K

Thinking and Caring With Arts-Based Research: An Assemblage of Methods to Promote Public Health

Dadich, A Watfern, C Doran, B

Boydell, K

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Citation:: International Journal of Qualitative Methods, 2025, 24
Issue Date:: 2025-01-01

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Field	Value	Language
dc.contributor.author	Dadich, A
dc.contributor.author	Watfern, C
dc.contributor.author	Doran, B https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3951-4546
dc.contributor.author	Boydell, K
dc.date.accessioned	2026-03-09T02:31:52Z
dc.date.available	2026-03-09T02:31:52Z
dc.date.issued	2025-01-01
dc.identifier.citation	International Journal of Qualitative Methods, 2025, 24
dc.identifier.issn	1609-4069
dc.identifier.issn	1609-4069
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/193793
dc.description.abstract	What do we learn when we invite others to make and create? How can drawing, cutting and pasting, repurposing objects, and photography enable us to explore complex, or hard-to-talk about experiences? What do we miss when we ask only with words, and not with action? This article explores these questions, demonstrating how to enact different arts-based research methods in practices of inquiry to open the process of thought and care in research related to public health. With reference to one line of inquiry as an exemplar – namely, how to promote care – this article reveals the complementary value of several arts-based research methods – these include: found objects; body mapping; collective collage making; and photography. This article: presents an overview of arts-based research methods, explaining what they are (and are not) and their purpose; demonstrates how arts-based research might be used to promote care; clarifies the benefits, limitations, and ethical considerations associated with arts-based research; and invites readers to consider how they might incorporate arts-based research in their scholarship, highlighting particular questions that warrant consideration.
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
dc.relation.ispartof	International Journal of Qualitative Methods
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1177/16094069251381707
dc.rights	info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.subject	1110 Nursing, 1607 Social Work
dc.title	Thinking and Caring With Arts-Based Research: An Assemblage of Methods to Promote Public Health
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.citation.volume	24
utslib.for	1110 Nursing
utslib.for	1607 Social Work
pubs.organisational-group	University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Law
pubs.organisational-group	University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Law/TD School
pubs.organisational-group	University of Technology Sydney/UTS Groups
pubs.organisational-group	University of Technology Sydney/UTS Groups/Stroke Research Collaborative
utslib.copyright.status	open_access	*
dc.rights.license	This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0). To view a copy of this license, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.date.updated	2026-03-09T02:31:49Z
pubs.publication-status	Published
pubs.volume	24

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What do we learn when we invite others to make and create? How can drawing, cutting and pasting, repurposing objects, and photography enable us to explore complex, or hard-to-talk about experiences? What do we miss when we ask only with words, and not with action? This article explores these questions, demonstrating how to enact different arts-based research methods in practices of inquiry to open the process of thought and care in research related to public health. With reference to one line of inquiry as an exemplar – namely, how to promote care – this article reveals the complementary value of several arts-based research methods – these include: found objects; body mapping; collective collage making; and photography. This article: presents an overview of arts-based research methods, explaining what they are (and are not) and their purpose; demonstrates how arts-based research might be used to promote care; clarifies the benefits, limitations, and ethical considerations associated with arts-based research; and invites readers to consider how they might incorporate arts-based research in their scholarship, highlighting particular questions that warrant consideration.

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