Inclusive Research and the Use of Visual, Creative and Narrative Strategies in Spain

In recent decades, there have been many works on inclusive research that provide a clear framework on its meaning and the implications it entails. They also highlight the importance of addressing outstanding hallenges, among others, to inquire after research strategies that respond to the diversity...

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Authors: Rojas Pernia, Susana|||0000-0002-4617-241X, Haya Salmón, Ignacio|||0000-0003-1391-3311
Format: article
Publication Date:2022
Country:España
Institution:Universidad de Cantabria (UC)
Repository:UCrea Repositorio Abierto de la Universidad de Cantabria
Language:English
OAI Identifier:oai:repositorio.unican.es:10902/27924
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10902/27924
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Inclusive research
Collaborative groups
Qualitative research
Creative methodologies
People with intellectual disabilities
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Summary:In recent decades, there have been many works on inclusive research that provide a clear framework on its meaning and the implications it entails. They also highlight the importance of addressing outstanding hallenges, among others, to inquire after research strategies that respond to the diversity of situations in which people with intellectual disabilities find themselves. This article presents a research project carried out in Spain over a period of eighteen months by a team of researchers with and without intellectual disabilities. Specifically, we explore how the construction of enabling relationships, both dialogic and horizontal, requires giving greater emphasis to visual and creative methodological strategies, such as photographs, image-theatre, body-mapping, murals or visual presentations. The findings reported by the researchers and co-researchers have encouraged us to review some methodological premises such as our role as researchers or the type of relationships we establish. They also demonstrate the value of using a variety of collaborative enquiry strategies that recognise the agency of all researchers.