Art Yarning: On an Integrated Social Science Research Method

This article presents a messy social science research method that integrates art therapy tools and Indigenous yarning – concept loosely translated as complex conversational storytelling. The Art Yarning is an innovative tool mirrors responds to the realities in interactions between non-Indigenous people researchers Australia. Drawing on collaborative with communities Gunditjmara Wathaurong Countries Victoria, I present discuss ‘messy’ (Law Citation2004): is, shifting, uncertain, slow, modest, diverse, only capable of delivering situated, incomplete, temporary knowledge valuable, humbling position recognises respects boundaries around knowledges. prioritises visual ways knowing challenges problematic conviction any can deliver complete, single-source knowledge. enhanced participants’ sense identities, healing, adaptation aspects knowing-being-doing (Martin Citation2003). Rich multilayered new was achieved via processes reduce power imbalance research. Critically, integrated facilitates learning from, rather than about, peoples