ANALYZING WITH THE ARTS

Iselin Dagsdotter Sæterdal

This exposition explores the following question: How might an analysis be done in post-qualitative inquiry and performative approaches? Considering that post-qualitative inquiry rejects pre-existing research designs, methods, processes, procedures, or practices, and acknowledging that a research process will unfold and materialize differently in different projects, my aim is to explore one possible approach to analysis. This approach explored herein is specific to my PhD project. At the same time, I invite you to re-turn (to) the pieces you find fruitful and adjust them to your research. The research material being analyzed in this exposition is informed by my PhD project, which explores what might materialize in the matter of digital musicking when a loop station and 1–3-year-olds meet each other in a kindergarten context. Exploring how an analysis might be done in post-qualitative inquiry and performative approaches, and as the title plays on, the method of analyze is with the arts and take an arts-based approach. This exposition contributes to the fields of early childhood music education, post-qualitative and performative inquiry, and arts-based research. This exposition is included in the anthology "Utfordringer og muligheter innen musikk og utdanning", or "Challenges and Opportunities in Music and Education" in Enlgish. The anthology is published as part of MusPed:Research by the Cappelen Damm Academic publishing house. MusPed:Research is a peer-reviewed series of scholarly publications within the field of music pedagogy. The anthology, of which this exposition is a part, has been peer-reviewed, and this extends to this exposition as well.

INTRODUCTION - A SHORT GUIDE TO THE EXPOSITION

This exposition is created in a way that may challenge you as a reader and explorer. It offers an alternative to the more conventional and traditional methods of presenting research, where an article can be read from A to Z, from top to bottom. This design is intended to create spaces for methods other than text as a way of conducting research with post-qualitative and performative approaches throughout the entire process, including the writing and analyzing process.

In the same way as a research process is messy and non-linear, so is this exsposition. Some places you might experince to be disturbed by the messiens of the illustration.

You will have to make your own way through the page. There is no 'one right way' to read this exposition, and there is no hierarchy among the different parts. Each part plays an equally important, albeit different, role. The exposition is structured like a loop, with links between the different parts of the page. However, due to some limitations in the format, navigating may be a bit challenging. If you wish to re-turn (to) the previous section, unfortunately, selecting 'go back' in your browser will only bring you back to this page. To address this issue, I've linked all the possible sections of the page that could have directed you here. Thus, to re-turn (to) where you came from, please select the preferred section link below in any section.

Feel free to use the Navigation function or the Table of Contents as you explore the exposition. You can find both of these tools on the menu bar, which is visible at the top of the exposition page at all times. The Navigation function provides a map of the entire exposition, with a red frame indicating your current position. You can move this frame around to navigate the page. In the Table of Contents, each title is a link to a different part of the exposition, allowing you to move around the exposition by clicking on them.

With this, I warmly welcome you to join in the exploration of how an analysis might be done in post-qualitative inquiry and performative approaches.

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