"This book is written using a personal and emotive account and inevitably brings the reader's emotions to the fore. ... Owton achieves what she set out to do; that is, inform novices of the potential power and many uses of poetic inquiry, as well as justifying its uses as a rigorous and arduous in its' own right." (Zainab Yusuf, Qualitative Methods in Psychology/QMiP Bulletin, Iss. 25, 2018)
Dedication.- Foreword.- Contents.- Acknowledgements.- List of Tables/Figures.- Overview of the Book.- Author Biography.- 1.0 Introducing Poetic Inquiry.- 2.0 Shaping Poetic Inquiry.- 3.0 Poetry as data.- 4.0 Turning data into poetry.- 5.0 Poetry as literature review.- 6.0 Poetry as reflective writing.- 7.0 Judging Poetic Inquiry.- 8.0 Future possibilities of Poetic Inquiry.- Index.
Helen Owton is a chartered psychologist and Lecturer in Sport and Fitness and Associate Lecturer in Social Psychology at The Open University. She has published numerous papers employing creative methodologies, specifically poetry and art, and won the ‘Citation for Excellence’ award from the Qualitative Methods of Psychology section of the British Psychological Society.