Emotion Curves: Creativity and Methodological “Fit” or “Commensurability”

The “emotion curve” is a creative methodology that asks research participants to express in graphic form changes their emotional responses over time, reflecting on given time period or particular activity event (in our case, music-based activities). This was developed as part of with community music-making NGO Musicians Without Borders at “Music Bridge” participatory music and movement training program Derry/Londonderry, Northern Ireland. article discusses how the “post-conflict” context research, engagement principles prefiguration action shaped development this innovative methodology, paying attention achieving methodological “fit” (or commensurability) practices, objectives, ethos partners. “fitting” commensurate) has been basis “mutually transformative dialog”