Urban Comics as a Research Method and Tool in Social Innovation. Case Study: ArtiViStory Collective
Urban Comics as a Research Method and Tool in Social Innovation. Case Study: ArtiViStory Collective

Summary/Abstract: The present paper proposes an investigation of the use of comics and sequential art as a qualitative research method and a tool in a social innovation approach. It presents an exploratory research on the artistic practice of the ArtiViStory Collective, as a group of artists and faculty members from the University of Art and Design in Cluj-Napoca (UAD) working in the field of urban comics that have developed a specific methodology for using comics in research processes by creating specific artworks as part of the data collection process, of the data analysis process and by using curatorial approaches for results’ dissemination to different audiences. Starting by inquiring the use of documentary comics and sequential storytelling as an emerging qualitative research method, the article presents the specificity of this case study that renders a new approach in Romania on an urban comics-based research process by focusing on the evolution of the group as a community of practice as well as on the analysis of the specificity of their methodology and working process that act as catalyzers for engaging audiences in urban transitions.

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