A Qualitative Study Of Letters To President Kennedy From Persons With Mental Illness And Their Families Using The Research Poem In Policy Oriented Research
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This document provides an overview of ethnographic research. It defines ethnography as the in-depth study of a culture or social group through techniques like observation and interviews. There are different types of ethnographic designs, including realist ethnographies which provide an objective account, case studies which focus on a specific event or activity, and critical ethnographies which aim to advocate for marginalized groups. Key characteristics of ethnographic research include studying cultural themes, a culture-sharing group, collecting data through fieldwork, analyzing shared patterns of behavior, and interpreting findings within their proper context while being reflexive of the researcher's role.
This document is an introduction to a journal issue focusing on cultural studies of psychiatry. It provides a summary of cultural studies and its goal of critiquing how political and cultural forces operate through representations to naturalize social relations. It explains how cultural studies analyzes the "maps of social reality" embedded in cultural productions to expand possibilities for interpretation. The introduction then defines the scope of "cultural studies of psychiatry" and previews several articles in the issue that apply cultural analysis to phenomena commonly medicalized, such as premenstrual disorder and the rise of Ritalin prescriptions.
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This document provides an overview of content analysis as a research method. It defines content analysis as the systematic study and quantification of messages to make inferences about their meaning. The document discusses the history and development of content analysis, outlines different types (conceptual and relational analysis), and reviews common uses such as studying social phenomena, media coverage, and sensitive topics. Content analysis is presented as a versatile tool across many fields for analyzing recorded communication.
This document defines and describes ethnographic research. It discusses that ethnography involves observing and describing a culture or group through methods such as participant observation, interviews, and collection of artifacts. It outlines some key characteristics of ethnographic research such as long-term involvement in the field, collection of large amounts of data, and having no pre-determined hypotheses. The document also discusses different types of ethnographies including realist, case studies, and critical ethnographies. Finally, it covers the steps involved in conducting ethnographic research and analyses some of the advantages and disadvantages of the method.
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PSY-850 Lecture 4
Read chapters 3 and 4.
Objectives:
Differentiate between ethnography and phenomenology.
Contrast data collection and analysis methods employed in ethnography and phenomenology.
Approaches to Qualitative Research: Ethnography and Phenomenology
Introduction
Ethnographic studies are considered a special case of phenomenological study when the phenomenon observed is a specific culture (Geertz, 1973). Their use ranges from the study of remote primitive cultures by participant-observers to urban marketing studies of the nature of demand for products using focus groups.
Ethnography
The ethnographic approach studies the social interactions of a group to learn the mechanisms by which individuals develop understanding of their everyday life-world. This is the identification of the ways and means used to create dynamic social equilibrium in their group (Garfinkel, 1967). These ways and means enable group members to have fairly accurate expectations of others' behavior and a basis for comprehending expected and unexpected behavior. The product of an ethnographic study is an explicit description of these ways and means.
With this knowledge, researchers can begin to understand how the group's members make sense of the world in which they exist. If successful, it may be possible to determine what events (e.g., the immigration of foreigners or the gain of a new local industry) and conditions (e.g., prolonged drought or growth in incomes over a couple of decades) to which the group may adapt well and to what they may have difficulty adapting. Two key variables here are the expectation (from fully expected to unexpected) and the comprehensibility (from fully comprehensible to incomprehensible).
Thus, the idea of making sense of everyday life is decomposed into two properties (expectation and comprehensibility) that give a richer description of what ethnographers seek. This is an example of increasing the richness of a description, another goal of ethnographic studies (Geertz, 1973). Another example is a study of fire prevention strategies for the National Science Foundation, where Armstrong and Vaughn (1974) replaced housing stock (number of residential units) in New York City with average persons per unit and total population. The data from two sources instead of one were used, enriching the study by this same method of decomposition.
Increasing descriptive variables, where logical, is only one way of enriching a study. There is no simple or formulaic way to achieve richness, but Geertz (1973) provides excellent and detailed guidelines. Review of data, reconsideration of findings, discussions of meaning, or use of the Delphi procedure (Dalkey, 1969) can all be used. Delphis are not just for ethical review, but for study of any complex issue.
Denzin and Lincoln (2005) recommend certain actions of the ethnographer:
1. Combine symbolic meanings with patterns of interaction.
2. Observe the world from the point of view of the ...
Disadvantages Of Applied EthnomethodologyAshley Fisher
Participant observation was used to study drug dealers and smugglers. This qualitative method allowed the researchers to gain the trust of and interact with their subjects. However, it also presented challenges, such as subjects experiencing drug withdrawal during interviews, becoming malicious without warning. The researchers had to take precautions and balance overt and covert roles with different levels of relationships within the group to overcome issues.
In the scientific community, and particularly in psychology and health, there has been an
active and ongoing debate on the relative merits of adopting either quantitative or
qualitative methods, especially when researching into human behaviour (Bowling, 2009;
Oakley, 2000; Smith, 1995a, 1995b; Smith, 1998). In part, this debate formed a component of
the development in the 1970s of our thinking about science. Andrew Pickering has described
this movement as the “sociology of scientific knowledge” (SSK), where our scientific
understanding, developing scientific ‘products’ and ‘know-how’, became identified as
forming components in a wider engagement with society’s environmental and social context
(Pickering, 1992, pp. 1). Since that time, the debate has continued so that today there is an
increasing acceptance of the use of qualitative methods in the social sciences (Denzin &
Lincoln, 2000; Morse, 1994; Punch, 2011; Robson, 2011) and health sciences (Bowling, 2009;
Greenhalgh & Hurwitz, 1998; Murphy & Dingwall, 1998). The utility of qualitative methods
has also been recognised in psychology. As Nollaig Frost (2011) observes, authors such as
Carla Willig and Wendy Stainton Rogers consider qualitative psychology is much more
accepted today and that it has moved from “the margins to the mainstream in psychology in
the UK.” (Willig & Stainton Rogers, 2008, pp. 8). Nevertheless, in psychology, qualitative
methodologies are still considered to be relatively ‘new’ (Banister, Bunn, Burman, et al.,
2011; Hayes, 1998; Richardson, 1996) despite clear evidence to the contrary (see, for example,
the discussion on this point by Rapport et al., 2005). Nicki Hayes observes, scanning the
content of some early journals from the 1920s – 1930s that many of these more historical
papers “discuss personal experiences as freely as statistical data” (Hayes, 1998, 1). This can
be viewed as an early development of the case-study approach, now an accepted
methodological approach in psychological, health care and medical research, where our
knowledge about people is enhanced by our understanding of the individual ‘case’ (May &
Perry, 2011; Radley & Chamberlain, 2001; Ragin, 2011; Smith, 1998).
This document provides an overview of ethnographic research. It defines ethnography as the in-depth study of a culture or social group through techniques like observation and interviews. There are different types of ethnographic designs, including realist ethnographies which provide an objective account, case studies which focus on a specific event or activity, and critical ethnographies which aim to advocate for marginalized groups. Key characteristics of ethnographic research include studying cultural themes, a culture-sharing group, collecting data through fieldwork, analyzing shared patterns of behavior, and interpreting findings within their proper context while being reflexive of the researcher's role.
This document is an introduction to a journal issue focusing on cultural studies of psychiatry. It provides a summary of cultural studies and its goal of critiquing how political and cultural forces operate through representations to naturalize social relations. It explains how cultural studies analyzes the "maps of social reality" embedded in cultural productions to expand possibilities for interpretation. The introduction then defines the scope of "cultural studies of psychiatry" and previews several articles in the issue that apply cultural analysis to phenomena commonly medicalized, such as premenstrual disorder and the rise of Ritalin prescriptions.
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This document discusses critical discourse analysis (CDA) and its aims and potential social contributions. CDA analyzes language as social and cultural practice and engages in normative critique and judgment of discourse and society. CDA aims to educate people about power relations and achieve greater social equality. It also seeks to understand how discourse reproduces social domination and power imbalances between groups. CDA takes a structural approach to indirectly analyze the deeper causes and consequences of social issues.
Research methodolgy and legal writing: Content AnalysisNikhil kumar Tyagi
This document provides an overview of content analysis as a research method. It defines content analysis as the systematic study and quantification of messages to make inferences about their meaning. The document discusses the history and development of content analysis, outlines different types (conceptual and relational analysis), and reviews common uses such as studying social phenomena, media coverage, and sensitive topics. Content analysis is presented as a versatile tool across many fields for analyzing recorded communication.
This document defines and describes ethnographic research. It discusses that ethnography involves observing and describing a culture or group through methods such as participant observation, interviews, and collection of artifacts. It outlines some key characteristics of ethnographic research such as long-term involvement in the field, collection of large amounts of data, and having no pre-determined hypotheses. The document also discusses different types of ethnographies including realist, case studies, and critical ethnographies. Finally, it covers the steps involved in conducting ethnographic research and analyses some of the advantages and disadvantages of the method.
PSY-850 Lecture 4Read chapters 3 and 4.Objectives Different.docxamrit47
PSY-850 Lecture 4
Read chapters 3 and 4.
Objectives:
Differentiate between ethnography and phenomenology.
Contrast data collection and analysis methods employed in ethnography and phenomenology.
Approaches to Qualitative Research: Ethnography and Phenomenology
Introduction
Ethnographic studies are considered a special case of phenomenological study when the phenomenon observed is a specific culture (Geertz, 1973). Their use ranges from the study of remote primitive cultures by participant-observers to urban marketing studies of the nature of demand for products using focus groups.
Ethnography
The ethnographic approach studies the social interactions of a group to learn the mechanisms by which individuals develop understanding of their everyday life-world. This is the identification of the ways and means used to create dynamic social equilibrium in their group (Garfinkel, 1967). These ways and means enable group members to have fairly accurate expectations of others' behavior and a basis for comprehending expected and unexpected behavior. The product of an ethnographic study is an explicit description of these ways and means.
With this knowledge, researchers can begin to understand how the group's members make sense of the world in which they exist. If successful, it may be possible to determine what events (e.g., the immigration of foreigners or the gain of a new local industry) and conditions (e.g., prolonged drought or growth in incomes over a couple of decades) to which the group may adapt well and to what they may have difficulty adapting. Two key variables here are the expectation (from fully expected to unexpected) and the comprehensibility (from fully comprehensible to incomprehensible).
Thus, the idea of making sense of everyday life is decomposed into two properties (expectation and comprehensibility) that give a richer description of what ethnographers seek. This is an example of increasing the richness of a description, another goal of ethnographic studies (Geertz, 1973). Another example is a study of fire prevention strategies for the National Science Foundation, where Armstrong and Vaughn (1974) replaced housing stock (number of residential units) in New York City with average persons per unit and total population. The data from two sources instead of one were used, enriching the study by this same method of decomposition.
Increasing descriptive variables, where logical, is only one way of enriching a study. There is no simple or formulaic way to achieve richness, but Geertz (1973) provides excellent and detailed guidelines. Review of data, reconsideration of findings, discussions of meaning, or use of the Delphi procedure (Dalkey, 1969) can all be used. Delphis are not just for ethical review, but for study of any complex issue.
Denzin and Lincoln (2005) recommend certain actions of the ethnographer:
1. Combine symbolic meanings with patterns of interaction.
2. Observe the world from the point of view of the ...
Disadvantages Of Applied EthnomethodologyAshley Fisher
Participant observation was used to study drug dealers and smugglers. This qualitative method allowed the researchers to gain the trust of and interact with their subjects. However, it also presented challenges, such as subjects experiencing drug withdrawal during interviews, becoming malicious without warning. The researchers had to take precautions and balance overt and covert roles with different levels of relationships within the group to overcome issues.
In the scientific community, and particularly in psychology and health, there has been an
active and ongoing debate on the relative merits of adopting either quantitative or
qualitative methods, especially when researching into human behaviour (Bowling, 2009;
Oakley, 2000; Smith, 1995a, 1995b; Smith, 1998). In part, this debate formed a component of
the development in the 1970s of our thinking about science. Andrew Pickering has described
this movement as the “sociology of scientific knowledge” (SSK), where our scientific
understanding, developing scientific ‘products’ and ‘know-how’, became identified as
forming components in a wider engagement with society’s environmental and social context
(Pickering, 1992, pp. 1). Since that time, the debate has continued so that today there is an
increasing acceptance of the use of qualitative methods in the social sciences (Denzin &
Lincoln, 2000; Morse, 1994; Punch, 2011; Robson, 2011) and health sciences (Bowling, 2009;
Greenhalgh & Hurwitz, 1998; Murphy & Dingwall, 1998). The utility of qualitative methods
has also been recognised in psychology. As Nollaig Frost (2011) observes, authors such as
Carla Willig and Wendy Stainton Rogers consider qualitative psychology is much more
accepted today and that it has moved from “the margins to the mainstream in psychology in
the UK.” (Willig & Stainton Rogers, 2008, pp. 8). Nevertheless, in psychology, qualitative
methodologies are still considered to be relatively ‘new’ (Banister, Bunn, Burman, et al.,
2011; Hayes, 1998; Richardson, 1996) despite clear evidence to the contrary (see, for example,
the discussion on this point by Rapport et al., 2005). Nicki Hayes observes, scanning the
content of some early journals from the 1920s – 1930s that many of these more historical
papers “discuss personal experiences as freely as statistical data” (Hayes, 1998, 1). This can
be viewed as an early development of the case-study approach, now an accepted
methodological approach in psychological, health care and medical research, where our
knowledge about people is enhanced by our understanding of the individual ‘case’ (May &
Perry, 2011; Radley & Chamberlain, 2001; Ragin, 2011; Smith, 1998).
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In “Being WEIRD,” Ethan Watters looks at the work of social scientist Joseph Henrich,
whose research challenged long-held beliefs that humans share inherent psychological traits.
Henrich’s study of the “Ultimatum game” outside the industrial West showed that thinking and
decision-making processes are heavily shaped by culture; culture shapes how people perceive
the world around them, as well as their relationship to it, maybe even more than originally
assumed. Heinrich's research paper, co-authored with Steven Heine and Ara Norenzayan, finds
that Americans are significantly overrepresented in all kinds of scientific studies while also being
the most “weird” (by which Henrich et al. mean Western, Educated, Industrialized, Rich and
Democratic). The research by Henrich and his colleagues put culture at the front of all kinds of
experimental human research: as Watters puts it, “if human cognition is shaped by cultural
ideas and behavior, it can’t be studied without taking into account what those ideas and
behaviors are and how they are different from place to place” (499).
Watter’s “Being WEIRD” Contributes to the field of science, most specifically
anthropology and psychology, in many ways. His essay could be used as a starting point for
analyzing how specific aspects of American culture affect its citizens’ psyches and
decisionmaking.
Assignment Objectives:
For this paper, you will choose ONE aspect of American culture and use Watters'
"Being WEIRD," to form an argumentative analysis of how this cultural aspect affects
individuals in the United States. You should include at least one reference to another text we
have read as a class thus far.
CRITERIA FOR EVALUATION:
Argument: Argument directly and fully answers the prompt; is clearly stated early in the paper;
is original, compelling and logical, avoiding absolute claims.
Evidence: Appropriate amount of relevant, accurate, and justifiably interpreted quotation.
Quotations are thoroughly introduced, explained, analyzed, and connected to argument/other
texts. Possible counter-arguments are considered.
Organization: Paragraphs maintain argumentative focus, exclude extraneous information,
appear in a logical order, and transition smoothly. Introduction sets forth argument and goals of
essa. Conclusion opens up avenues for future research.
Audience: Consistent, academic tone. Appropriate amount of contextual information,
anticipating audience questions. Addresses significant issues and makes them important to
audience. No first or second person pronouns.
Grammar and Format: Errors in grammar, spelling, and usage limited or non-existent. Correct
MLA format, ...
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The target of much debate, organizational culture has occupied a prominent
position in multidisciplinary publications since the early 1980s. Fraught with
inconsistencies, the early research and literature addressing organizational culture was
often conflicting and recursive. As one researcher stated, culture is “one of the two or
three most complicated words in the English language” (Williams, 1983). Years of
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4-Phenomenological research and grounded theory are common methods of conducting qualitative research.
Similarities:
· Both collect data from their subjects’ perceptions and perspectives
· Both do their best to make sure their findings are not influenced by preconceived notions or judgments
· Both explore their participants’ personal experiences
· Both seek understanding the meaning of events and experiences on peoples’ lives, (Driessnack, 2007)
Differences:
· Phenomenological research focuses on understanding the impact an experience has on a person’s life. The only sources of information are the people experiencing the event (phenomena). This type of research is often limited to interviews only, (Driessnack, 2007)
· Grounded theory research includes a variety of data sources, including diaries, observations, images, and past research. They compare the data they collected with older data and look for differences and contradictions, as well as social patterns.
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In “Being WEIRD,” Ethan Watters looks at the work of social scientist Joseph Henrich,
whose research challenged long-held beliefs that humans share inherent psychological traits.
Henrich’s study of the “Ultimatum game” outside the industrial West showed that thinking and
decision-making processes are heavily shaped by culture; culture shapes how people perceive
the world around them, as well as their relationship to it, maybe even more than originally
assumed. Heinrich's research paper, co-authored with Steven Heine and Ara Norenzayan, finds
that Americans are significantly overrepresented in all kinds of scientific studies while also being
the most “weird” (by which Henrich et al. mean Western, Educated, Industrialized, Rich and
Democratic). The research by Henrich and his colleagues put culture at the front of all kinds of
experimental human research: as Watters puts it, “if human cognition is shaped by cultural
ideas and behavior, it can’t be studied without taking into account what those ideas and
behaviors are and how they are different from place to place” (499).
Watter’s “Being WEIRD” Contributes to the field of science, most specifically
anthropology and psychology, in many ways. His essay could be used as a starting point for
analyzing how specific aspects of American culture affect its citizens’ psyches and
decisionmaking.
Assignment Objectives:
For this paper, you will choose ONE aspect of American culture and use Watters'
"Being WEIRD," to form an argumentative analysis of how this cultural aspect affects
individuals in the United States. You should include at least one reference to another text we
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The target of much debate, organizational culture has occupied a prominent
position in multidisciplinary publications since the early 1980s. Fraught with
inconsistencies, the early research and literature addressing organizational culture was
often conflicting and recursive. As one researcher stated, culture is “one of the two or
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4-Phenomenological research and grounded theory are common methods of conducting qualitative research.
Similarities:
· Both collect data from their subjects’ perceptions and perspectives
· Both do their best to make sure their findings are not influenced by preconceived notions or judgments
· Both explore their participants’ personal experiences
· Both seek understanding the meaning of events and experiences on peoples’ lives, (Driessnack, 2007)
Differences:
· Phenomenological research focuses on understanding the impact an experience has on a person’s life. The only sources of information are the people experiencing the event (phenomena). This type of research is often limited to interviews only, (Driessnack, 2007)
· Grounded theory research includes a variety of data sources, including diaries, observations, images, and past research. They compare the data they collected with older data and look for differences and contradictions, as well as social patterns.
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Driessnack, M., Sousa, V. D., & Mendes, I. C. (2007). An overview of research designs relevant to nursing: part 2: qualitative research designs.
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A Qualitative Study Of Letters To President Kennedy From Persons With Mental Illness And Their Families Using The Research Poem In Policy Oriented Research
1. A Qualitative Study of Letters to
President Kennedy from Persons with
Mental Illness and Their Families:
Using the Research Poem in
Policy Oriented Research
RICH FURMAN
ALLISON SHUKRAFT
University of North Carolina Charlotte
Department of Social Work
Using the research poem as a tool of data representation, this paper
presents findings from an analysis of letters sent to President John F.
Kennedy regarding the formulation of mental health policy during
the early 1960s. The article presents the experiences of consumers of
mental health services and their families—shapers and receivers of
mentalhealthprovisionsthatareinfrequentlygivenvoice.Traditional
thematic analysis was conducted, and data subsequently were repre-
sented in three poetic forms: free verse, the pantoum, and the tanka.
Keywords: research poem, mental health policy, John F. Kennedy
Introduction
While it is true that statistical representations of social
problems do influence policy development, it is equally true
that affective data and more humanistic presentations may be
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as influential as “facts” (Smit, 2003). Prevailing social percep-
tions regarding a problem have been shown to be essential to
how social policy decisions are shaped (Appelbaum, 2001).
Policy decisions are also based heavily upon personal and so-
cially constructed values. Values lie at the heart of differing
political and social ideologies, and often underlie differences
between political parties and social movements. Policy makers
often make decisions based upon their own personal, moral
and religious values (Caputo, 2005).
Emotions are heavily implicated in the formations of
values (Gordon, 1965; Linzer, 1992). Emotional pleas from key
constituents often do have an effect on various levels of the
policy development process. Yet, too often policy research is
disconnected from the voices of vulnerable populations that
are affected by social policies. Giving voice to those without
the power and/or privilege to express their experiences in
public or professional forums is a growing objective of social
research, and represents an important practice domain of social
work advocates and researchers.
Numerous researchers have commented on the importance
of presenting the lived experience of clients as fully and pow-
erfully as possible (Reason, 1988; Richardson, 1992). However,
studies that use thick, narrative descriptions to present these
voices may often be too dense or long for easy consumption by
key policy constituents. In order to have increased emotional
impact on social policy formation, it is important that research-
ers develop methods that present the experiences of key con-
stituents in a concise, consumable, and emotionally expressive
manner.
Fortunately, post-modern researchers working on the
boundary between the social sciences and the humanities
have developed just such a tool: the research poem. Through
various social science and literary tools, researchers have used
the research poem to faithfully and consistently present data
on international development (Furman, 2004a), the impact of
cancer (Furman, 2004b), the experience of HIV care providers
(Poindexter, 2002), oppression and discrimination (Langer and
Furman, 2004) and many other topics.
Using the research poem as a tool of data representation,
this paper presents an analysis of letters sent to President John
3. F. Kennedy regarding the formulation of mental health policy
during the early 1960s. The article seeks to present the experi-
ences of mental health consumers and their families—shapers
and receivers of mental health services that are infrequently
given voice. It should be noted that this article is less about
social policy than it is about the presentation of the lived ex-
perience of those who are the targets and beneficiaries of
social policy. It is the hope of this researcher that others will
be encouraged to use similar methods in current social policy
research.
Several key areas will be addressed. First, the research poem
as a tool in qualitative social research will be explored. Second,
the method used in this study will be explicated. Third, data
will be presented in the form of three types of research poems:
free verse, the pantoum, and tanka. Finally, implications for
social and policy research will be presented.
The Research Poem
In order to present the voices of various constituencies,
research methods must be adopted that preserve their lived
experiences. Traditional research guided by a positivist episte-
mology attempts to quantify and categorize the opinions and
beliefs of those being researched. Contrasted to the positivist
approach is the research tradition developed by various post-
modern scholars in multiple disciplines (Freedman & Combs,
1996; Gilgun, 1994). These scholars observed that reducing
human experience to numerical representation often strips
the meaning from these experiences (Janesick, 1994: Lincoln &
Guba, 1985). For instance, one can say that a certain percentage
of people support one policy over another. Yet numerical pre-
sentations lose the important affective and contextual data that
can help policy analysts and human service practitioners un-
derstand the interplay of human value and desire in the policy
making process. Also, numerical data may not stimulate the
type of empathic reactions that more evocative methods may
produce in the consumers of research.
As a means of preserving the fullness of human expe-
rience, various researchers have drawn upon the expres-
sive and creative arts in the research process (Allen 1995;
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Blumenfeld-Jones 1995; Barone & Eisner 1997; Eisner 1981 &
1991; Finley & Knowles 1995; McNiff 1998; Prosser 1998; Stein
2003; Willis, Smith & Collins 2000; Wong 1999). Creative and
expressive arts research methods may be used throughout the
research process. They can be integrated with well-articulated
methodologies that help researchers to become increasingly
engaged with their data, thereby allowing them to “transfer
cognitive and affective knowledge from artist/researcher to
reader” (Prendergast, 2004, p. 75). Willis (2002) explores how
arts and humanities-based research is congruent with the ex-
pressive research agenda. This approach is contrasted with the
analytical tradition of research, in which human phenomena
are reduced into statistical forms, which often strip the life and
practical utility from data. Expressive research:
does not grasp an object to analyze and subdue it. It
attempts to hold it in consciousness, to allow its reality
and texture to become etched on the mind. It holds back
from closure and returns again and again to behold the
object, allowing words and images to emerge from the
contemplative engagement (Willis, 2002, p. 4).
This notion is congruent with Denzin’s (1997) advocacy for the
use of alternative forms of data to evoke intense and meaning-
ful emotional reactions in the consumer of research.
Poetry is one of the creative/expressive arts that has been
applied increasingly in the research endeavor. Using poetry
allows researchers to preserve the richness and complexity
found within data sources, yet encourages compression and
data reduction that allows consumers of research to more fully
grasp the essence of text. When applied as a method of data
reduction, it helps researchers move from “thick descriptions”
(Geertz, 1973), to data that is powerful yet easy to consume
(Szto, Furman, & Langer, 2005).
Research poetry has been used in studies of a variety of
social problems from multiple research paradigms. Many schol-
ars integrate traditional social science methods in the process
of creating research poems. Richardson (1992, 1993) has been
an important voice in the development of poetry as a tool in
presenting qualitative research. She notes that compressing
5. qualitative data into poetic forms helps convey the complexi-
ties of paradoxical and often conflicting emotions. Her research
powerfully describes the complexity of marital relationships,
yet does so in a more concise manner than traditional qualitative
narratives. Langer and Furman (2004) used research poetry as a
means of presenting data regarding the identity formation of a
bi-racial Native woman. In their research, they crafted research
poems from passages taken directly from ethnographic inter-
views. They utilized traditional thematic analysis as a means
of explicating salient themes, and crafted research poems as a
means of reducing the data into a consumable form. They also
sought to maintain the depth and integrity of the original data.
Furman (2006) used a similar methodology to represent
data about his experience as a patient in an emergency room.
In this work, the researcher analyzed his data through thematic
analysis, and then re-mined data for passages that represent the
discovered themes. The researcher then used three poetic forms
to condense, contain and focus the data. The new research
poems demonstrate how different methods of data representa-
tion can impact the emotional tone and quality of the data. For
instance, he found that the French/Malaysian poetic form of the
pantoum was particularly useful in portraying intense, power-
ful emotions.
Poindexter (2002) used methods from narrative and linguis-
tical analysis to preserve the vocal patterns that are often lost
in the translation between oral and written form. Her research
poems use symbols and signs to designate various changes in
speech patterns in order to “honor the strengths and unique-
ness of each individual and to preserve their inspirational
stories” (Poindexter, 1998, p. 22).
Other studies have relied even less upon methods of social
science research and have developed techniques more in ad-
herence with the humanities. Piirto (2002) showed how poetry
originally written for expressive purposes can also serve as re-
search text. She presents poems written from journals and field
notes in various states of aesthetic development to explore edu-
cation in India and racism in Georgia. By writing aesthetically-
based poems from empirically-based notes, she deviates from
research poems and delves into the realm of the literary and
the interpretative. Prendergast (2004) created what she refers to
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as literature-voiced poetry as a means to “help me synthesize,
process and make meaning” (p. 75) of a literary text. For her, the
literature-voiced poem is both a means and an end—a process
of coming to grips with the nature of text, as well as a means of
data representation.
Method
Data were collected for this study at the John F. Kennedy
Library in Boston, Massachusetts. For five days, the researcher
explored numerous files containing thousands of pages of doc-
uments relevant to mental health policy from 1960-1963. Some
of the most powerful qualitative materials consisted of letters
written to the president. These letters were written in response
to proposed mental health legislation, many of which were dis-
cussed in newspapers and in the media.
Sample and Sampling Issues
Files consisted of one hundred and seventeen letters to
President Kennedy. Of these letters, over fifty percent were
written by family members dealing with mental illness. Nearly
thirty percent were written by persons with mental illness
themselves, and twenty percent were from citizens who did not
identify either their mental health status or their relationship to
persons with mental illness. However, it appears that the ma-
jority of these were written by mental health service consum-
ers themselves. About half of the letters were hand written, the
other half were typed. Many letters expressed anger at a lack of
services, and some were personal appeals for specific services.
Some letters included brochures from programs that people
wished received more funding. Some were notes of thanks.
Letters were chosen if they met the following criteria: 1) they
were legible; 2) they contained the authors’ perspective about
mental illness vis-à-vis social policy 3) they were written by a
mental health consumer or a family member of a consumer; 4)
the documents contained enough material to be suitable for the
creation of a research poem; and 5) they contained enough af-
fective materials to present the lived experience of the author. A
total of 20 letters met these criteria. From these letters, a subset
of six was chosen to be analyzed and presented via poetic
7. re-representation.
The following methods were used in the creation of research
poems. The author analyzed the data for themes using tradition-
al open and axial coding methods. A five step method was used
in the data analysis phase. During the first round of coding, the
researcher read the letters without the intent to develop codes
or themes. The goal was to familiarize himself with the text.
During the second round, general impressions were noted and
written in the margins of the text. The third round of coding
consisted of a line-by-line analysis of the text. During the fourth
round of coding, general themes were induced from the identi-
fied codes. A fifth round of coding was conducted two weeks
later, using the same method with the intent to discover any
uncovered themes and to insure accurate and adequate repre-
sentation of the themes.
Once themes were identified, the researcher undertook the
process of representing some of the observed themes in differ-
ent poetic forms. No hard and fast rules were strictly followed
in deciding how to present a letter in one form versus another;
the researcher relied upon his sense of the data and the media.
Yet, several principles have guided this researcher in his work.
First, letters that followed a more narrative or historical struc-
ture lent themselves well to being presented in free verse. For
letters in which a narrative or story was less evident, yet were
characterized by powerful emotions and evocative language,
the pantoum seemed to be the best means of data presentation.
Tankas were used to represent letters and themes that were less
dense and complex, and lent themselves to compression and
parsimony.
With origins tracing back to eighth-century Japan, the
tanka is one of the oldest forms of poetry still widely being
used (Waley, 1976). The tanka is far older and, in many ways,
of more historical significance than its cousin the haiku.
Traditionally, the tanka was written in one long line of 31‘onji’,
or sound units (Ueda, 1996). The rhythmic pattern of onji con-
sisted of units of 5-7-5-7-7 sound and meaning units (Strand &
Boland, 2000). The onji in Japanese is a different unit of sound
than is the English syllable, yet the American tanka has come
to use the same pattern, corresponding to syllables instead of
onji. In writing American tankas, it is considered permissible
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to use syllabic counts as a guide; strict adherence to the form
itself is less important than conveying the meaning that the
researcher intends. The following tankas were crafted mostly
using lines from the original letter, with some minor restruc-
turing to help the poem fit close to the traditional form of the
American tanka.
The pantoum is a powerful form that can create a haunting
effect through the repetition of lines throughout the poem. The
pantoum is a French poem based on an ancient Malaysian form
of poetry (Unst, 2002). It was introduced to the West by the
French poet Victor Hugo and gained popularity in the United
States throughout the 20th century (Blackmore & Blackmore,
2004). Colorado poet Jack Martin (personal communication,
2003) referred to the pantoum as the poetry machine, in that
the repetition of lines and energy of the poem can be almost
contagious. It should be noted that because each of the follow-
ing research poems are of a condensed nature, all of the identi-
fied themes are not contained in each poem.
Free verse poems are those that do not follow structured
syllabic patterns or other traditional literary conventions. Free
verse originated in the early part of the twentieth century as
poets attempted to break the free of the rules and constants of
formal verse (Kirby-Smith, 1996). However, free verse does not
imply that anything can be a poem. In free verse poetry, com-
pression, cadence, tone, metaphor, line breaks, and other liter-
ary devices are used to create a sense of music and meaning.
Theexactnatureoffreeversepoetrycanbeextensivelydebated;
such debates are beyond the scope of this paper. For the pur-
poses of this discussion, research free verse poems follow the
basic structure of the letters, yet are far more condensed, and
use line breaks to focus the data. These poems are presented
first.
The Poems
Free Verse Poem One
On behalf of the forgotten people
A personal thanks and tribute
For your legislation for the mentally ill.
After World War II
I spent months in the VA hospital
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Depressed.
Since, I have worked in mental hospitals
And what you have done
I assure you
A place at the hand of God.
Free Verse Poem Two
The house committee cut more than half the money
To the mentally ill, a surprising and stunning blow
But then I read, of 8.2 billion in “Pork”
Why so upset?
We have a twenty year old son
A patient in a private mental hospital
And unless we put him in
A state institution
We will slowly go broke
We always drew comfort from your efforts
President Kennedy.
I admire so much
Your mental Health Program
I am writing my congressmen and senators
Can you suggest to me
What else I might do?
Pantoum One
We have twenty years of heartache
A sister who is mentally defective
The institution tries hard, but with eighty in each cottage?
She was placed there permanently.
A sister who is mentally defective
She gave birth to a boy we idolize.
She was placed there permanently.
He too turned out to be emotionally disturbed.
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She gave birth to a boy we idolize
Thanks you Mr. President, for your proposed bill.
He too, turned out to be emotionally disturbed.
At the Kennedy Child Center, the right path to a better
future.
Thanks you Mr. President, for your proposed bill.
The institution tries hard, but with eighty in each cottage?
At the Kennedy Child Center, the right path to a better
future.
We have twenty years of heartache.
Pantoum Two
I see heartaches and suffering from our mentally ill
a human mind, meant to inspire
now unable to muster the wit and true vision
and we used to throw them away.
a human mind, meant to inspire
they were locked behind walls, how tragic
and we used to throw them away
and now, your plea to the nation, for change.
they were locked behind walls, how tragic
You stated: “We have neglected to meet our mentally ill”
and now, your plea to the nation, for change.
you are ready, and ask us, to sacrifice.
You stated: “We have neglected to meet our mentally ill”
now unable to muster the wit and true vision
you are ready, and ask us, to sacrifice.
I see heartaches and suffering from our mentally ill
Tanka One
my children, no mother,
we pray she comes home, to live,
not for rare weekends.
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I pray congress hears your plea
community care, for Sarah.
Tanka Two
Normal children? Tough.
Raising the mentally ill? Help?
We need more support.
Must fund mental health centers
to bring my child back home.
Discussion
A reading of the poems shows that each form leads to dif-
ferent effects. The free verse poems, being more open in struc-
ture, allow for the presentation of data that are congruent with
the original form, style and narrative flow of the original letter.
In writing the free verse poems, the researcher was able to pay
attention to the original narrative flow of each letter, and was
able to take advantage of this as a guiding structure. Placing
the data in this form allows for a compression whereby re-
dundant or non-essential words are removed. The free verse
poems are perhaps the less “cooked” and analyzed data, as
they are closest to the original letter.
The pantoums were less effective in presenting narra-
tive flow. Linear data are not best presented in this form.
However, through the use of repeating lines, affective intensi-
ty is achieved. Similarly, creating new alignments of sentences
creates exciting new contrasting meanings between different
aspects of the data. The juxtapositioning created by these new
alignments forces the researcher to understand the intricacies
of the data, and to pay careful attention to the order in which
data are presented. Similarly, the tanka forces the researcher to
seek the essence of the data, yet perhaps leave out a great deal
of information as well.
The inquiry presented here is situated at the boundary
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between the humanities and the social sciences. Methods
such as these encourage researchers to experiment with differ-
ent means of data presentation, ranging from those informed
mostly by the humanities, to those informed by the social and
behavioral sciences, to many methods in between. These ex-
periments may be valuable not only for researchers who seek
to present their work in creative forms, but as a mechanism to
help researchers understand and analyze their data.
How should these poetic forms be used in qualitative
research? First, even for researchers who will not use these
methods of data presentation, experimenting with data reduc-
tion techniques such as these helps researchers become more
familiar with the tone, shape and nuances of their data. The
decision making that goes into creating the research poems
necessitates an intimate familiarity with one’s data. These
methods may be particularly useful to those who have typi-
cally relied upon computer software for analyzing data; these
methods may present new insights that reliance on computer
programs may not provide.
Second, experiments with data representation applying
poetic forms stress the importance of data presentation in
qualitative research. Too often, this important step is seen as an
afterthought to the research endeavor. Researchers may con-
sider various means of presenting data, based upon the data
itself, and the reason for dissemination.
Perhaps most importantly, these methods should be con-
sidered on their own merits. Poetic forms and structures are
highly consumable means of presenting the lived experiences
of research participants. These forms may help research con-
sumers achieve the goal of an affective response to research.
It may be difficult for policy advocates to imagine them-
selves reading poetry in front of congress or other legislative
bodies. However, there exists a tradition of using emotionally
evocative data as testimony in support of policy aims (Dror,
1988; Miller, 1979; Poets Against War, 2007). Whether or not
poetry, research or otherwise, is utilized, policy researchers
and advocates may be encouraged to include direct expres-
sions of individuals who have been affected by social policies
in their testimonies. Including this type of data can bring a
human presence to policy debates, allowing policy makers to
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understand the real impact of their decisions.
Policy makers are inundated with statistics that may have
very little impact upon them. Such data are often quickly for-
gotten. A poem, however, may ring in someone’s mind for
many years after they hear or read it, and may influence their
views for many years to come.
*This research was conducted with the support of a grant from the
Kennedy Library Foundation. The author is grateful to the wonder-
ful librarians who made this research possible.
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