Arts Based Research Proposal

Owned by Darlene Edgar
Nov 25, 2023
1 min read

(Leavy, 2021)

Template for ABR:

  1. Title:

    • Main phenomenon/theme and the practice used.

  2. Abstract:

    • 150-200 words overview including phenomenon, purpose, basic genre/practice info.

  3. Keywords:

    • 5-6 around main phenomenon, artistic practice, participants, and primary theory.

  4. Topic:

    • Clearly state primary phenomenon/theme, explain selection process, personal interest, skills, funding, access to participants, significance, and R-value.

  5. Significant Value/Worth:

    • Outline underlying value system, social justice, political imperatives, counter stereotypes, cultural narratives, public awareness, reflection.

  6. Literature Review:

    • Foundation for understanding topic, contribution of ABR, popular/fine arts in the genre, relevant theories, conceptual frameworks.

  7. Research Purpose/Goal Statement:

    • Briefly state purpose, primary focus/goals, phenomenon/theme, research/artistic genre, main reason for the project.

  8. Research Questions (Optional):

    • List central questions emphasizing experiential knowledge, artistic practice, open-ended, free process.

  9. Philosophical Statement:

    • ABR grounded in philosophy of arts-based research, recognition of art conveying truth, awareness, value of preverbal ways of knowing, aesthetic intersubjective paradigm.

  10. Embodiment Theories:

    • Body's role in feminist, postmodern, poststructural, psychoanalytic theories, embodiment theory, and phenomenology.

  11. ABR Continuum:

    • Art-science continuum, prioritizing insights from doing, making, experiencing, and viewing art.

  12. Participants and Content:

    • Three primary approaches (data collection, art creation, integrated method).

  13. Examples of Three Methods:

    • Literary genres, performative genres, visual arts, each with unique considerations and processes.

  14. Representation and Audience:

    • Develop holistic/synergistic approaches, evaluate through thoroughness, coherence, and congruence.

  15. Evaluation Criteria:

    • Genre-specific criteria (aesthetics, methodology, usefulness, audience response), general criteria (strength, transparency, ethics).

  16. Ethics Statement:

    • Clarify values, moral/social justice imperative, ethical praxis, reflexivity, addressing values, ethical praxis, and reflexivity.

  17. References, Appendices:

    • Include a timeline, proposed budget, recruitment letter, informed consent, instruments, artist/researcher statement, sample art/image from the art-making process.