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Future Possibilities of Poetic Inquiry

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This chapter focuses on the future possibilities for blending Poetic Inquiry with other forms of arts-based methods, in particular, visual methods (e.g. drawing, photography, film). A move to performance explores how these could be employed to reach wider audiences. Another consideration is given to the future of arts-based methods in a neoliberal culture. In consideration of the emerging ‘slow scholarship’ approach, for arts-based methods, the goal is to move towards collective action ‘precisely to resist intensified pressures to do it all and/or intensify elitist structures that make “slowness” possible for some while leaving others slogging in the trenches’ (Mountz et al. 2015, p. 14). Strategies are considered to move collectively as a way to resist the fast-paced academic culture that can mean losing future arts-based researchers.

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Owton, H. (2017). Future Possibilities of Poetic Inquiry. In: Doing Poetic Inquiry. Palgrave Studies in Creativity and Culture. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-64577-3_8

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