STORY-MAKING: A COMPLEX METHOD BASED ON ARTS-BASED RESEARCH IN SOCIAL DESIGN
DS 136: Proceedings of the Asia Design and Innovation Conference (ADIC) 2024
Year: 2024
Editor: Yong Se Kim; Yutaka Nomaguchi; Chun-Hsien Chen; Xiangyang Xin; Linna Hu; Meng Wang
Author: Sarantou, Melanie; Mi, Shasha
Series: Other endorsed
Institution: Kyushu University
Page(s): 133-142
Abstract
The study explores how the combination of visual art making, in this case, textile making, and storytelling can enable story-making to express research participants' inner worlds and world views in social design practices. ABR can address the limitations of conventional methods of practice and research in social design to elicit more profound and often unexpected responses from participants, leading to compelling reflections that can influence interview processes and the connections they involve. ABR’s potential for unexpected insights opens new possibilities for methodological explorations, specifically applying complex methodologies, by tackling the limitations of conventional research methods in social design. Using a socially constructivist approach, this enquiry into social design used arts-based research (ABR) and cultural probes by combining textile making and storytelling. Analysis by the two participant-authors generated different interpretations of the participants’ expressions. The study finds that ABR can deepen insights into the participants' life experiences.
Keywords: Social Design, Arts-based Research, Story-making, Collaborative Visual Analysis