Includes Glossary and Index

1. Introduction
2. Centring reflexivity, positionality and autoethnographic practices in creative research
3. Researching ‘our’ people and researching ‘other’ people
4. Ethical considerations in creative research: Design, delivery and dissemination
5. The practicalities of researching creatively
6. Photography and photo elicitation as visual methods
7. Moodboards and LEGO: Principles and practice in social research
8. Creative approaches to mapping
9. Drawing and graffiti-based approaches
10. Research with sound: An audio guide
11. Mobile interviews by land, air and sea
12. Psychogeography and urban exploration
13. Crafting
14. Creative performance and practice
15. Working with literary texts
16. Poetic methods
17. Research music: listening and composing
18. Working creatively with biographies and life histories
19. Mobile technology, spatial and locative media
20. Mobile phones, text messaging and social media
21. Creating and reappropriating apps
22. Gaming and VR in geographical research
23. Video ethnography
24. Creative research in and with archives
25. Selecting and analysing publicly-generated online content
26. Curation as method
27. Analyzing messy data
28. Showcasing creative methods in your dissertation research
29. Creative dissemination

Introducing a broad range of innovative qualitative methods, this book shows you how to use creative methods in a research project. It offers straightforward advice on how to approach every step of the process, from planning and organisation to writing up and disseminating research. It also: Demonstrates how novel approaches can be put into practice using primary or secondary data. Provides practical guidance on overcoming common hurdles like getting ethical clearance and conducting a risk assessment. Encourages you to reflect critically on the processes involved in research. Clear and accessible, this book makes adopting cutting-edge methods unintimidating and provides you with a complete toolkit to conduct creative research with confidence. Nadia von Benzon is a Lecturer in the Lancaster Environment Centre at Lancaster University. Mark Holton is a Lecturer in Human Geography at the University of Plymouth. Samantha Wilkinson is a Senior Lecturer in Childhood and Youth Studies at Manchester Metropolitan University. Catherine Wilkinson is a Senior Lecturer and Programme Leader at Liverpool John Moores University