Critical and Creative Research Methodologies in Social Work

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Contents: Introduction: taking up the call for critical and creative methods in social work research, Lia Bryant. Part I Narrative and Action: Transforming Social Work Research and Practice: Storytelling as a research method: Iraqi women narrating their life stories, Fatin Shabbar Investigating the impact of sexual violence through ethnographic longitudinal reflection: a qualitative interviewing technique for survivors of trauma, Andrea Nikischer Communicative methodology of research and Romani migrant women in Spain: a process of social change, Aitor Gomez and Ariadna Munte Ngapartji Ngapartji - narratives of reciprocity in 'yarning up' participatory research, Deirdre Tedmanson Reflexivity as autoethnography in indigenous research, Amy Parkes. Part II Creating Critical Exchanges in Social Work Using Visual and Textual Methods: Opening the lens to see, feel and hear: using autoethnographic textual and visual methods to examine gender and telephony, Lia Bryant and Mona Livholts Imagine transfigurement: the chapter exhibition as a critical and creative space for knowledge in social work and media studies, Mona Livholts Digital ethnography: research methods for the study of online communities, Danielle May Creative endeavours in eating disorder research, Lisa Hodge Touching on emotions: using clay work in a context of relational empowerment to investigate sensitive issues, Fiona Buchanan Arts based methods in social work education and research as critical method, Ephrat Huss, Dorit Segal-Engelchin and Roni Kaufman Conclusion: social creativity and social change, Lia Bryant. Index.