Open AccessRethinking creative research methods in response to COVID-19: Creating a remote research kit
Author(s) -
Rebecka Fleetwood-Smith
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of applied arts and health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2040-2465
pISSN - 2040-2457
DOI - 10.1386/jaah_00078_1
Subject(s) - covid-19 , the arts , health care , work (physics) , public relations , service (business) , nursing , medicine , medical education , sociology , engineering , business , political science , marketing , mechanical engineering , disease , pathology , infectious disease (medical specialty) , law
The ‘Sensing Spaces of Healthcare: Rethinking the NHS Hospital’ project involves working with National Health Service (NHS) staff, patients and visitors to explore their experiences of hospital environments. Over the course of the project, creative approaches centred on art-based and design-led practices are employed to research people’s experiences. Such approaches often involve working closely with participants during sessions. As COVID-19 infection control measures have affected in-person research, it has been necessary to develop and adopt alternative low-contact approaches. This article presents the development of a remote creative research kit designed to be used without a researcher/practitioner present. The kit has been developed through work with creative practitioners, hospital arts organizations, patient and public contributors and learning from public engagement events. The remote creative research kit has led to rethinking and reimagining the ways in which such approaches may be of benefit more broadly in healthcare settings.