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Record Nr.

UNINA9910450767703321

Autore

Edgar Iain R.

Titolo

Guide to imagework : imagination-based research methods / / Iain R. Edgar

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2004

ISBN

0-203-59855-5

1-134-56417-1

1-280-07765-4

0-203-49013-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (174 p.)

Collana

ASA research methods in social anthropology

Classificazione

73.03

Disciplina

153.3

Soggetti

Imagery (Psychology) - Methodology

Dream interpretation

Gestalt psychology

Drama - Therapeutic use

Social psychology - Research

Ethnopsychology - Research

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [145]-154) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Defining the imagework method; 'Imaginary fields' and the qualitative research domain; Dreaming as ethnographic research; Methodological issues in dreamwork and imagework groups: a case-study approach; Amplifying the data through groupwork methods or making 'sense' out of 'nonsense'; Charting ethnographic dreaming; Ethical and practice issues; Conclusion; Notes; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

A Guide to Imagework is a pioneering guide to a new trend in ethnographic research: the use of imaginative, experiential methods such as dreamwork, artwork, Gestalt theory and psychodrama. Originating in group counselling and psychiatric therapy, imagework techniques explore subjects' imaginative resources to reveal unconscious knowledge about identity, belief and society. They are



ideal for accessing rich qualitative data about how individuals and cultures function. Iain Edgar, a leading specialist on ethnographic method, has condensed top-level research theory on imagework into this