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Transcript Poetry is a method by which researchers use selected parts of interview texts and create poems that represent the original text in a new way. It is regarded as a collaborative approach to qualitative research that promotes the inclusion of the participant in the method of data collection (Burdick, M., 2011). Qualitative researchers are beginning to recognize the value of using transcription poetry as a way of giving more “voice” to the research participants’ experiences (Bhattacharya, K., 2013). Its value is by creating a “snapshot” of the original interview text using an art centred approach that makes for a more emotional impact statement to the reader. In her article, Burdick (2011) states, “These poems not only reveal critical insights and perspectives of our 2 participants, they also aim to convey intrinsic details of feelings, critical experiences, and/or epiphanies in their lived experiences.”

History In the early 1990s, sociologist, Laurel Richardson started incorporating poetry into the research method as a way of bringing more participant voice into the qualitative research method. Richardson took notice that the poetic method was not warmly embraced by the scientific community as it did not follow the already established norms and practices of research methodology. However, Richardson saw that a change was occurring, “as these researchers begin to examine issues of culture, power, and authority in new ways (2011). In her article, Burdick (2011) wrote, “poetry offers something “profoundly different” to the world of educational research. When using poetry, researchers must be willing to trust the process more than finding the right answer. Poetry is meant to focus on different questions and contribute a new narrative to how knowledge is perceived and created.”

Method Transcript poetry is found between field notes/texts and the final research report. Researchers work through the transcript texts and code them for themes, thereby condensing larger transcripts to poems that act as a synapsis for part of or the whole transcript. The researcher collaborates with the participant ensuring the message of the original transcript is intact. In more recent research, Snežana Ratković included transcript poetry into her “Honouring Multiple Voices Model” as a way of giving voice to refugee women teachers from Yugoslavia (Ratkoviḉ, S., 2014).

Narrative inquiry

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Bhattacharya, K.. (2013). Voices, Silences, and Telling Secrets: The Role of Qualitative Methods in Arts-Based Research. International Review of Qualitative Research, 6(4), 604–627. http://doi.org/10.1525/irqr.2013.6.4.604

Burdick, M. (2011). Researcher and teacher-participant found poetry: Collaboration in poetic transcription. International Journal of Education & the Arts, 12(SI 1.10). Retrieved [date] from http://www.ijea.org/v12si1/.

West, Kim and Bloomquist, Candace (2015) "Poetic Re-presentations on Trust in Higher Education," The Canadian Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning: Vol. 6: Iss. 2, Article 5. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5206/cjsotl-rcacea.2015.2.5 Available at: http://ir.lib.uwo.ca/cjsotl_rcacea/vol6/iss2/5

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