ABSTRACT
Dance Research Methodologies: Ethics, Orientations, and Practices captures the breadth of methodological approaches to research in dance in the fine arts, the humanities, the social sciences, and the natural sciences by bringing together researchers from around the world writing about a variety of dance forms and practices.
This book makes explicit the implicit skills and experiences at work in the research processes by detailing the ethics, orientations, and practices fundamental to being a researcher across the disciplines of dance. Collating together approaches from key subdisciplines, this book brings together perspectives on dance practice, dance studies, dance education, dance science, as well as dance research in cross-, multi-, and interdisciplinary fields. Practice-based chapters cover methodological approaches that provide rich examples of how research design and implementation are navigated by practicing scholars. Dance Research Methodologies also includes a practical workbook that helps readers to decide upon, refine, and enact their research, as well as develop ways in which to communicate their process and outcomes.
This vital textbook is a valuable resource for research faculty interested in interdisciplinary conversation and practice, emerging scholars honing their methodological approaches, graduate students engaged in research-based coursework and projects, and advanced undergraduates.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part 1|38 pages
Introduction
part 2|66 pages
Dance Practice
chapter 5|18 pages
Community Dance and Collective Creation
part 3|77 pages
Dance Studies
chapter 9|21 pages
Choreographic Analysis as Dance Studies Methodology
part 4|94 pages
Dance Education
chapter 14|21 pages
Toward a Decolonial Dance Research Paradigm
chapter 15|16 pages
Ethnography for Research in Dance Education
chapter 16|15 pages
Conducting an Experiment
part 5|86 pages
Dance Science
chapter 19|7 pages
Introduction to Research in Dance Science
chapter 20|18 pages
Mentoring Dance Science Research
chapter 23|18 pages
Carving an Innovative Space for Dialogic Intersections
part 6|38 pages
Dance Research beyond Disciplines
chapter 24|3 pages
Introduction to Dance Research beyond Disciplines
part 7|25 pages
Creative Workbook