Studying islandness through the language of art
Abstract Phenomenology lends itself to the study of islandness, and because works by poets and painters are often rooted in place they are also highly amenable to phenomenological studies. In such studies, threads of similarity and connection in people’s experiences of living on islands are revealed...
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crwiley:10.1111/1745-5871.12534 2024-06-02T08:10:44+00:00 Studying islandness through the language of art Brinklow, Laurie 2022 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1745-5871.12534 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/1745-5871.12534 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full-xml/10.1111/1745-5871.12534 en eng Wiley http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor Geographical Research volume 61, issue 1, page 105-116 ISSN 1745-5863 1745-5871 journal-article 2022 crwiley https://doi.org/10.1111/1745-5871.12534 2024-05-03T10:52:12Z Abstract Phenomenology lends itself to the study of islandness, and because works by poets and painters are often rooted in place they are also highly amenable to phenomenological studies. In such studies, threads of similarity and connection in people’s experiences of living on islands are revealed in ways that are of interest to geographers as well as those in allied and complementary disciplines. This article describes research in Tasmania and Newfoundland by a poet and academic profoundly interested in place. Based in interpretive and qualitative research methodologies, the methods used in the study included participant‐observation and semi‐structured interviews with writers, artists, and musicians whose artistic practices were expressive of islandness and abductive analysis. In addition, poetic interpretations became part of an iterative process that enabled my engagement in phenomena shared with and by participants. Poetry became a way to creatively reimagine academic research and offered opportunities to deepen contextual understanding and insight into people’s understandings of islandness in ways not always possible through academic avenues. Article in Journal/Newspaper Newfoundland Wiley Online Library Geographical Research 61 1 105 116 |
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Abstract Phenomenology lends itself to the study of islandness, and because works by poets and painters are often rooted in place they are also highly amenable to phenomenological studies. In such studies, threads of similarity and connection in people’s experiences of living on islands are revealed in ways that are of interest to geographers as well as those in allied and complementary disciplines. This article describes research in Tasmania and Newfoundland by a poet and academic profoundly interested in place. Based in interpretive and qualitative research methodologies, the methods used in the study included participant‐observation and semi‐structured interviews with writers, artists, and musicians whose artistic practices were expressive of islandness and abductive analysis. In addition, poetic interpretations became part of an iterative process that enabled my engagement in phenomena shared with and by participants. Poetry became a way to creatively reimagine academic research and offered opportunities to deepen contextual understanding and insight into people’s understandings of islandness in ways not always possible through academic avenues. |
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