ABSTRACT
Participatory Case Study Work shows academic co-researchers how to adapt and implement their methods so that data collection and analysis is authentically participatory. At the heart of this text is advocating a participatory approach to case study work, with co-construction as a catalyst for shared understanding and action in advancing ageing studies.
Whilst case study research has a relatively long tradition in the canon of research methodologies, little attention has so far been paid to the importance and value of participatory case study work. This is surprising as its egalitarian and democratic value-base naturally lends itself to the co-production and co-creation of personal and collective theory drawn directly from lived experience.
The book brings together over 15 years’ worth of participatory case study work in ageing studies in which the editors have been actively involved as either front-line researchers or as supervisors to PhD and MPhil studies adopting the methodology, and from where each of the contributors is selected. Real-life case examples are shared in the main chapters of the book and they provide direction as to how learning can be applied to other settings. The chapters also contain key references and recommended reading. This volume will appeal to undergraduate and postgraduate students as well as postdoctoral researchers interested in fields such as research methods, qualitative methods, ageing studies and mental health studies.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter Chapter 1|19 pages
Participatory case study work
part 1|116 pages
Working one-to-one to develop a personal theory
chapter Chapter 2|18 pages
Living at home with semantic dementia
chapter Chapter 3|17 pages
‘The man on the cross’
chapter Chapter 4|22 pages
Living at home with young onset dementia
chapter Chapter 5|19 pages
Diagramming stroke survivorship and recovery
chapter Chapter 6|19 pages
A life in balance
chapter Chapter 7|19 pages
Visual stories and living with dementia
part 2|26 pages
Generating a collective theory from a series of personal theories
chapter Chapter 8|24 pages
Generating a collective theory of early diagnosis in Parkinson’s
part 3|58 pages
Doing participatory case study work with groups
chapter Chapter 9|18 pages
Music in Mind
chapter Chapter 10|18 pages
‘Stories from a Very Different Salford’
chapter Chapter 11|20 pages
New horizons
part 4|12 pages
Drawing it together