Comparaison de deux méthodes de dissémination de résultats de recherche dans le domaine de la santé : les arts et le café scientifique

‘If you can call it a poem’: toward a framework for the assessment of arts-based works

“…This overarching framework builds upon the literature as well as on our own recent experiences in utilizing four arts-based forms (i.e. poetry, song, theatre and visual arts) to represent research findings from an ongoing qualitative study on the meaning and experience of participating in health research (Lafrenière and Cox, 2010); We use the terms ‘findings’ here because the data provided to the artists was not raw; it had been coded by researchers from our team according to specific themes and various passages related to these themes were selected as the basis for the artistic works. Thus, the artists and audience members were not the only ones to bear the responsibility of interpreting the data.…”

“…Another outcome of the pilot-project, besides the framework and the results of the assessment about the effectiveness of poetry, song, theatre and visual arts for disseminating research findings, has been the creation of a research agenda. We already answered one of the questions on the agenda when we compared the four artistic media used as means for knowledge dissemination with more traditional methods for disseminating findings, such as cafés scientifiques, a model for community dialogue (Lafrenière and Cox, 2010; 2012). We also hope to investigate which methods and forms of artistic expression are most appropriate and effective for knowledge dissemination, for which audiences, and with which topics.…”