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Author Edgar, Iain R.

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

Publication Info. London ; New York : Routledge, 2004.

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 161 pages).
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series ASA research methods in social anthropology
ASA research methods in social anthropology (Routledge (Firm))
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 145-154) and index.
Contents 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.
Summary 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 handy pr.
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Subject Imagery (Psychology) -- Methodology.
Imagery (Psychology)
Methodology.
Dream interpretation.
Dream interpretation.
Gestalt psychology.
Gestalt psychology.
Drama -- Therapeutic use.
Drama -- Therapeutic use.
Social psychology -- Research.
Social psychology -- Research.
Ethnopsychology -- Research.
Ethnopsychology -- Research.
Ethnopsychology.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Edgar, Iain R. Guide to imagework. London ; New York : Routledge, 2004 0415235375 0415235383 (DLC) 2003066874 (OCoLC)53814249
ISBN 0203490134 (electronic book)
9780203490136 (electronic book)
0415235375 (Cloth)
0415235383 (Paper)