The Power, Possibility, and Promise of Arts-Based Research and Social Fiction
Interviewer
Peter Duffy
Description
Dr. Patricia Leavy explains how she came to arts-based research (ABR), the limitations of traditional academic writing, the nature and strengths of ABR. She further reviews the practice of social fiction; a term she coined and practice she has helped legitimate around the world. This review will include brief discussion of the neuroscience of how we experience literature and the history of scholars adapting literary forms. She will discuss a few of her novels as examples. The presentation concludes with a review of the promise ABR and social fiction hold for the research community.
To access the file, please contact Peter Duffy.
Rights
© 2025, Patricia Leavy
Publication Info
2025.
COinS