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Embracing, Disclosing and Accepting Messiness in Research Practice: What Can Dance Science Learn from Somatics?
Ashley Brain1, Louisa Petts2, Elsa Urmston3
1University of Roehampton, London, UK.
Summary
Dance medicine and science research is a dynamic, meandering process. Embracing researcher subjectivity and reflexivity, using somatic principles, can enrich this complex field.
Area of Science:
- Dance Medicine and Science
- Research Methodology
- Somatic Practices
Background:
- Dance medicine and science research requires clear definitions of research lenses, frameworks, and methodologies.
- Current perspectives suggest research is separate from dance, implying research processes are external to the dancer.
- This view presents a linear, normative rhetoric on dance medicine and science research practices.
Purpose of the Study:
- To explore the dynamic, non-linear nature of the research process in dance medicine and science.
- To highlight the importance of researcher positionality and contextual responses to research challenges.
- To advocate for wider discussion of researcher subjectivity and reflexivity in disseminating research.
Main Methods:
- Utilizing somatic principles as metaphors for the research process.
- Analyzing the researcher's journey, including methodological adjustments and analytical failures.
- Examining how researcher subjectivity and reflexivity are embodied in research culture.
Main Results:
- Research is often a meandering path with necessary redirections and creative mitigation.
- The practice of research is influenced by the individual researcher's positionality.
- There is a need to openly discuss researcher positionality and decision-making in dance medicine and science.
Conclusions:
- Dance medicine and science research offers rich learning opportunities through practice.
- Somatic principles can serve as valuable metaphors for understanding research processes.
- Embracing researcher subjectivity and reflexivity can enhance dance medicine and science research culture.
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