There is a Chance: Songwriting for Hope as Critical Qualitative Research. Issue 2 (August 2021)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Carless, David
• Other Names: Alexander Bryant Keith guest-editor.; Douglas Kitrina guest-editor.
• Is Part Of: International review of qualitative research. Volume 14:Issue 2(2021)
• Page Start: 368
• Page End: 371
• Publication Date: 2021-08
• Subjects: critical arts-based research -- hope -- loss -- performance autoethnography -- songwriting; Qualitative research -- Periodicals; Social sciences -- Research -- Periodicals; Social justice -- Periodicals; Qualitative research; Social justice; Social sciences -- Research; Periodicals; Electronic journals; 001.42
• DOI: 10.1177/1940844720978763
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1940-8447

Abstract

How to sustain hope amidst loss during repressive times? It may not be enough to voice the words "there is a chance". But can the act of writing a song, of singing that song, of making a noise, constitute a commitment towards ensuring that there is a chance?