Integrating the Arts and Mixed Methods Research: A Review and a Way Forward.

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Title:	Integrating the Arts and Mixed Methods Research: A Review and a Way Forward.
Authors:	Archibald, Mandy M.¹ mma@ualberta.ca
Source:	International Journal of Multiple Research Approaches. 2018, Vol. 10 Issue 1, p342-355. 14p.
Subject Terms:	Full-text databases, Experimental design, Research methodology, Art therapy, *ERIC (Information retrieval system), Art, Research funding, CINAHL database, Systematic reviews, MEDLINE, Medical research, Medical databases
Abstract:	Methodological pluralism characterizes mixed methods research (MMR) and arts in research practices, but how these traditions have informed each other is unexplored. The purpose of this article is to explore how the arts and MMR have and can be mutually informative for social benefit. A scoping review of 6 databases was conducted to identify the current state of practice of art-MMR integration. Articles were selected using pre-established inclusion criteria and used to map current applications and future potentials. Aside from MM evaluation of arts interventions, which offers no opportunity for integration, 6 applications of the arts and MMR were identified. Of these, using the arts and MMR to understand methodological processes or phenomenon, or to develop a framework or intervention, offered the potential for synergy and integration. However, current uses of arts-MMR fit the arts into MMR rather than push their mutual boundaries. I offer a definition of arts-MMR as research that combines arts research methodology with methods positioned in an alternative paradigm within a single study or program of study. Future arts-MMR should consider the transformative and critical possibilities of the arts and how these might be positioned as central justifications for art-MMR integration. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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Abstract:	Methodological pluralism characterizes mixed methods research (MMR) and arts in research practices, but how these traditions have informed each other is unexplored. The purpose of this article is to explore how the arts and MMR have and can be mutually informative for social benefit. A scoping review of 6 databases was conducted to identify the current state of practice of art-MMR integration. Articles were selected using pre-established inclusion criteria and used to map current applications and future potentials. Aside from MM evaluation of arts interventions, which offers no opportunity for integration, 6 applications of the arts and MMR were identified. Of these, using the arts and MMR to understand methodological processes or phenomenon, or to develop a framework or intervention, offered the potential for synergy and integration. However, current uses of arts-MMR fit the arts into MMR rather than push their mutual boundaries. I offer a definition of arts-MMR as research that combines arts research methodology with methods positioned in an alternative paradigm within a single study or program of study. Future arts-MMR should consider the transformative and critical possibilities of the arts and how these might be positioned as central justifications for art-MMR integration. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
ISSN:	18340806
DOI:	10.29034/ijmra.v10n1a23