Filled with sample research questions interview protocols script excerpts and staging tips this book explains the "whats " "whys " and "how-tos" of using ethnodrama as a qualitative arts-based research methodology. Joe Salvatore draws on decades of experience as an ethnodramatist and educator to present his unique ethically grounded step-by-step approach. Readers learn how to balance artistry and research as they identify a topic and research question recruit participants and conduct interviews code and analyze interview data arrange findings into a script stage a performance and invite an audience to view and interpret the play. Ways to assess an ethnodrama's effectiveness and impact are also addressed. Instructive features include end-of-chapter learning activities; bolded key terms and an end-of-book glossary; and suggested studies plays and performance pieces for further engagement. |Creating Ethnodrama A Theatrical Approach to Research
