Poetic Inquiry and Arts-Based Research for the Maintenance of the Republic and What Comes After: A Vision for Metamodernity

This book explores the power of poetry to challenge and question reality, promoting social change and radical ways of living with each other. It demonstrates how poetry can be used as evidence-based, giving structure to ideas and experiences filtered through human cognition, imagination, and senses. It is suitable for faculty, scholars, and postgraduate students working in research methods, arts-based research, and language and linguistics.

Format: Hardback
Length: 236 pages
Publication date: 19 December 2023
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

This captivating book delves into the profound impact of poetry and explores innovative ways in which academics can harness its power to transcend the boundaries of traditional scholarly discourse and embark on the creation of artistic masterpieces that challenge and question reality rather than merely describe it. Poetry, with its multidisciplinary nature, scholarly rigor, and personal expression, possesses the remarkable ability to "erase" what we know and pave the way for a new world. The primary objective of this book is to empower professors and students who engage in poetic writing to envision innovative forms of government and political arrangements, advocate for social change and confront power structures, and explore radical ways of living together.

The author adopts a democratic republic or representative democracy as a framework for understanding poetry as evidence-based, even in the absence of verifiable data. This evidence-based approach provides structure to ideas and experiences filtered through human cognition, imagination, and senses.

The book is grounded in theoretical insights, arts-based research, poetic inquiry, and practical classroom assignments, pedagogical strategies, and reflective items. It appeals to a wide audience, including faculty members, scholars, and postgraduate students engaged in research methods, arts-based research, practice, and language and linguistics.

Through its engaging and thought-provoking content, this book offers valuable insights into the transformative power of poetry and encourages academics to embrace its potential as a catalyst for social change and artistic innovation.

Weight: 620g
Dimension: 229 x 152 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781032562827