First hand topical accounts are featured from leading academics, health researchers, nurse educators, physicians, educators, environmentalists, artists and others who actively use the creative arts in interdisciplinary practice in cutting edge research and in methodologies for health, hope and change. Readers will learn how the creative arts can offer unique opportunities to embody and re-illuminate the human story, stage human vulnerability, foster citizenship and give voice to narratives of human experience.
Researchers candidly share their experiences with the creative arts in research while voicing the stories of the work in practice. A varied and multifaceted collection of creative research in action, this is an accessible yet highly informative academic text that enlightens the reader about the inquiries and the processes while offering first hand insights into approaches, how to method based exercises and lists of comprehensive references.
Creative Arts in Interdisciplinary Practice, Inqurires for Hope and Change is the first text in the CAIP research series, an action oriented and transformative research text that points to a new path for hope and change while showing how the creative arts in inquiry and in action applied across disciplines can make a critical difference for individuals and society. Through compelling accounts, this information rich text demonstrates how the creative arts can uniquely cross disciplines and fields in search of solutions while creating new communities for change in the process.
