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Disrupting the Obligation of Objective Knowledge in Dance Science Research
1Centre for Dance Research, Coventry University, Coventry, UK.
Summary
This study critiques the overemphasis on quantitative research in dance medicine and science, advocating for diverse methodologies to better understand the holistic benefits of dance. Embracing qualitative approaches enriches the field.
Area of Science:
- Dance medicine and science research
- Holistic benefits of dancing
- Research methodologies in dance
Background:
- The dance medicine and science research community faces pressure to justify holistic benefits of dancing.
- An audit culture promotes a hierarchical value system favoring objective, quantitative research.
- This quantitative focus has dominated dance medicine and science since the International Association for Dance Medicine and Science (IADMS) founding in 1990.
Purpose of the Study:
- To critique the dominance of quantitative research in dance medicine and science.
- To highlight the limitations of objective outcomes in capturing the full scope of dance experiences.
- To advocate for the potential of subjective, idiographic, ethnographic, embodied, phenomenological, and transdisciplinary approaches.
Main Methods:
- Critique of hierarchical value systems in research.
- Highlighting tensions between qualitative and quantitative methodologies.
- Drawing on research examples from Dance for Health (DfH), including Dance for Parkinson's.
Main Results:
- Objective research, while generalizable, often lacks the granularity to ensure appropriate and inclusive dance experiences.
- Qualitative and diverse research approaches offer significant potential to broaden and deepen understanding in the field.
- Researchers can rigorously embrace positionality and transparently disclose biases.
Conclusions:
- Researchers should transparently disclose positionality, assumptions, and expectations.
- Embracing arts-based, person-centered, and collaborative mixed methods can enrich dance research.
- Encouraging imagination and curiosity in applying diverse methodologies is crucial for advancing the field.
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