Research, Narrative and Fiction: Conference Story

Authors

Jonathan Wyatt, University of OxfordFollow

Abstract

The purpose of this article is to contribute to the discussion concerning the value and validity of fiction, and arts-based approaches more broadly, as research. I offer this contribution through a narrative: Conference Story. The narrative involves its characters, in an Oxford pub, debating the merits and otherwise of Peter Clough’s (2002) book, Narratives and Fictions in Educational Research. The form, fictional narrative, performs and personifies this discussion. The article considers Clough’s purposes in undertaking and presenting his research in this form, the philosophical position(s) that underpin(s) it, the extent to which his narratives are indeed research, and how such research might be judged.

Keywords

Fiction, Narrative, Arts-Based Rese arch, Performance, Paradigm, and Criteria

Publication Date

6-1-2007

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 4.0 International License.

DOI

10.46743/2160-3715/2007.1639

Recommended APA Citation

Wyatt, J. (2007). Research, Narrative and Fiction: Conference Story. The Qualitative Report, 12(2), 317-331. https://doi.org/10.46743/2160-3715/2007.1639