Creative Data Analysis
Date:
04/06/2026 - 05/06/2026
Organised by:
Social Research Association
Presenter:
Dr Nicole Brown
Level:
Entry (no or almost no prior knowledge)
Contact:
Patricia Cornell
training@the-sra.org.uk
Venue: Online
Description:
The aim of this interactive workshop is to consider data analysis in qualitative research with a specific focus on how to treat and deal with data that is not textual, but comes out of the use of creative methods (drawings, paintings, pick-a-card, LEGO models, etc.). Using real data from research using creative methods for data collection we explore how analysis of "messy data" can be approached.
We consider the principles and process of analysis within qualitative research in general when we discuss if analysis is ever an objective process and if there is a difference between analysing data from linear texts or visual/sensory data, such as that from building LEGO models, song lists, photographs, videos and the like. Delegates have opportunities to practise analysing visual data on its own, in connection with textual data employing the "Systematic Visuo-Textual Analysis" or by employing creative forms of expression.
In line with the pedagogical principles of social constructivism the course is delivered as a mixture of interactive group tasks, discussions and lectures to enable active and experiential learning. This workshop can be taken on its own or following on from the workshop "Creative methods in qualitative data collection".
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Cost:
£190 for SRA members, £245 for non-members
Website and registration:
Region:
International
Keywords:
Qualitative Data Handling and Data Analysis
Related publications and presentations from our eprints archive:
Qualitative Data Handling and Data Analysis