Poetic Voice in the Research: A Social Sciences Exploration in Verse

Authors

Jason D. DeHart, Appalachian State UniversityFollow

Abstract

This article doubles down on the notion of poetry as a vehicle for expression in qualitative research. Following from the work of Cahnmann (2003), Stenhouse (2014), and Lahman et al. (2010), and drawing from additional inspiration including Clandinin and Connelly (2000) and Kuhn (2012), the author constructs the argument for poetic voice in research in the form of a series of poetic interplay with research concepts. The article makes the case that rich sources of data may be found in alternative representations of findings, and research questions and the people who are invited to research projects should influence researchers' choices and data collection and presentation.

Keywords

qualitative design, methods, methodology, poetic analysis, alternative representation

Author Bio(s)

Jason D. DeHart is an assistant professor of reading education at Appalachian State University in Boone, North Carolina. DeHart has written poetry, and values traditional and well as new ways of looking at research questions. Please direct correspondence to dehartjd@appstate.edu.

Publication Date

9-15-2021

Creative Commons License

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

DOI

10.46743/2160-3715/2021.4674

Recommended APA Citation

DeHart, J. D. (2021). Poetic Voice in the Research: A Social Sciences Exploration in Verse. The Qualitative Report, 26(9), 2901-2910. https://doi.org/10.46743/2160-3715/2021.4674