Cultivating Creativity in Methodology and Research

In Praise of Detours
2. Auflage 2026
ISBN: 978-3-032-20694-7
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan

Buch, Englisch, 232 Seiten, Format (B × H): 148 mm x 210 mm

Reihe: Palgrave Studies in Creativity and Culture

This book explores the role of creativity in research, challenging the conventional boundaries of methodology and practice. Through personal narratives and reflective essays, it sheds new light on the often overlooked detours that shape the research journey. Fully revised and expanded, this second edition introduces fresh perspectives on socio-cultural and socio-material creativity, the role of art in theorizing, embodied and relational research practices, and the ethics of care in knowledge production. New chapters address creative preservation for sustainability, activist scholarship, and the role of technologies, including generative AI, as companions in research.? 

An invaluable resource for scholars and students in social sciences and humanities, this edited collection encourages a culture of creativity and innovation, making it a must-read for anyone interested in the dynamic interplay between life and research. 

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Wegener, Charlotte

Meier, Ninna

Maslo, Elina

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein Empirische Sozialforschung, Statistik
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Allgemeine Psychologie Sozialpsychologie Kulturpsychologie, Ethnopsychologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Allgemeine Psychologie Differentielle Psychologie, Persönlichkeitspsychologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychologische Disziplinen Wirtschafts-, Arbeits- und Organisationspsychologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1.- Editors’ Introduction to the second edition: Detours and Returns.- Part 1: Different Vantage Points, New Insights.- 2.- The Axiological Turn of Creativity Research: A Detour through Creative Preservation.- 3.- The Wonder of Things as They Are: Theorizing Obesity and Family Life with Art.- 4.- Sketches of Slow. Thoughts and experiments in letting knowledge development take its time.- Part 2: Research Life: Life and Research.- 5.- In Between: Creative Spaces and Detours as Part of a Researcher’s Life.- 6.- Reflections on My Unexpected Detour from Ivory Tower to Action Research.- 7.- Deliberate Detours as Paths to Emergent Knowledge Creation.- 8.- Worth, Wonder and Worry in the Accelerated Academy.- 9.- The Tale of Ronia: Reentering Life and Research Through Creativity and Care.- Part 3: How We Know: Making Sense of Methods and Field Work.- 10.- The Unanticipated Outcomes of Research: Learning and Development at Work.- 11.- Knowing Across Time and Place.- 12.- Why I hate coding and what (I think) I learned from listening to this sensation.- Part 4 Coping with Complexity: Writing to Understand What We Do.- 13.- I am Navigating a Cloud of Meanings.- 14.- Detouring with Jeff Buckley: Writing Across Time and Space.- 15.- “Give It a Name and It Will Be Yours”: How Opportunities to Reflect on Essential Questions Can Create Space for Learning.- 16.- Confessions of a Procrastinator.- 17.- Epilogue or Why Creative Detours (Often) Have Happy Endings.

Über Autor(innen)

Charlotte Wegener is Associate Professor at Aalborg University, Denmark. Her work concerns social innovation and learning. She is also a writing coach and runs creative academic writing workshops.

Ninna Meier is Associate Professor at Aalborg University, Denmark, where she teaches organisational sociology. Her expertise lies within the areas of organizational change processes, and the role of context in qualitative research.

Elina Maslo is a self-employed teacher and consultant in “STUDIO- Exciting language learning” and language supervisor at VEVO, and an independent researcher in the field of language and learning.