Biographical Collage as a Tool in Inuit Community-Based Participatory Research and Capacity Development. Issue 1 (25th September 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Dutton, S.; Davison, C. M.; Malla, M.; Bartels, S.; Collier, K.; Plamondon, K.; Purkey, E.
• Is Part Of: International journal of qualitative methods. Volume 18:Issue 1(2019)
• Publication Date: 2019-09-25
• Subjects: qualitative research -- arts-based research -- community-based participatory research -- Inuit -- Indigenous -- community health -- decolonizing methodology; Qualitative research -- Periodicals; Social sciences -- Philosophy -- Periodicals; Social sciences -- Research -- Periodicals; Social sciences -- Statistical methods -- Periodicals; Qualitative Research -- Periodicals; Qualitative research; Social sciences -- Philosophy; Social sciences -- Research; Periodicals; 300.72
• DOI: 10.1177/1609406919877307
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1609-4069

Abstract

As a method in arts-based qualitative research, the collage technique has been previously utilized for data generation, elicitation, analysis, and presentation of results. Collage has also been used as a self-reflective, development exercise within community-based research due to its abstract and creative self-exploratory style. Although previously used in research with a variety of populations, there is limited evidence of applying the collage technique with First Nation, Inuit, or Métis peoples, even though many other arts-based methods, such as photovoice, have been used. This article describes the use of biographical collage as part of a community-based research project in a northern Canadian Inuit community. The technique was used as an exercise for building leadership capacity, as an elicitation technique in cross-cultural qualitative interviews, and as a decolonizing process in community-based participatory research. With the description of an in-depth example, this article showcases many benefits of using the collage technique when engaging in cross-cultural community-based research with Inuit.