Creating Ethnodrama: A Theatrical Approach to Research (Qualitative Methods "How-To" Guides)

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.