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==New creative research methods== This approach asks participants to ''make'' something as part of the research process.<ref name="Oslo">University of Oslo (2007), [http://www.intermedia.uio.no/home/projects/research-projects-1/mdiatize/creative Creative Production, Self-expression and Identity] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080531150604/http://www.intermedia.uio.no/home/projects/research-projects-1/mdiatize/creative |date=31 May 2008 }}, Intermedia, University of Oslo</ref> Gauntlett's work of this kind began with ''Video Critical'' (1997),<ref name="dg6">David Gauntlett (1997), [http://www.theory.org.uk/david/book2.htm Video Critical: Children, The Environment and Media Power], London: John Libbey</ref> in which children were asked to make videos about the environment, and then in a number of projects which are discussed in ''Creative Explorations'' (2007).<ref name="dg5">David Gauntlett (2007), [http://www.theory.org.uk/david/book8.htm Creative Explorations: New approaches to identities and audiences], London: Routledge</ref> As well as studies in which participants have been invited to make video, [[diary|diaries]], [[collage]], and [[drawings]], Gauntlett has explored the use of [[Lego Serious Play]] as a tool in sociology and [[social research]].<ref name="THE1">Anthea Lipsett (2005), [http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=26&storycode=195164 'Lego and professor click over research'], ''The Times Higher Education Supplement'', 8 April 2005</ref> This approach makes use of [[metaphor]] and invites participants to build metaphorical models of their identities. The process of [[creativity|making]] something, and then [[introspection|reflecting]] upon it, aims to give a more nuanced insight into participants' feelings or experiences.<ref name="dg5"/> This work has been supported by awards from the Arts and Humanities Research Council.<ref name="AHRC">Arts and Humanities Research Council, [http://www.ahrc.ac.uk/awards/ list of research awards]</ref><ref name="THE2">''Times Higher Education'' (2008), [http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=26&storycode=400468 'Grant winners'], 7 February 2008</ref>
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