Kip Jones’ (BA MSc PhD) greatest strength is his ability to get people involved—even excited—about the possibilities of creative human interactions, knowledge-sharing and the potential of qualitative social science endeavours. An American by birth, he has been studying and working in the UK for almost a dozen years and travelling throughout Europe to learn and engage. Part of his work has involved developing tools from the arts and humanities for use by social scientists in research and/or dissemination of social science, or Performative Social Science.
His use of the biographic narrative interpretive method in his primary research grew out a love of watching, listening to and telling stories. You can learn more about him (and read/view some of his work) on his website, which he describes as an artistic work-in-progress itself.
His most recent work has included work with film both as a producer and editor. He is committed to expanding the possibilities available to us as academics and researchers to reach and engage wider audiences.
Jones, K. (2009). How did I get to Princess Margaret? (And how did I get her to the World Wide Web?) In M. Srinivasan & R. Mathur (Eds.), Ethnography and The Internet: An Exploration. Nagarjuna Hills, Punjagutta, India: ICFAI University Press. (Reprint of 2007 article published originally in Forum: Qualitative Social Research)
Jones, K. (2006). The art of collaborative storytelling: A discussion on arts-based representations of narrative contexts. In K. Milnes, C. Horrocks, N. Kelly, B. Roberts, & D. Robinson (Eds.), Narrative, Memory and Knowledge: Representations, Aesthetics and Contexts, Conference Proceedings (6th Annual Narrative Conference). Huddersfield: University of Huddersfield Press.
Jones, K. (2004). Minimalist passive interviewing technique and team analysis of narrative qualitative data. In F. Maggs-Rapport (Ed.), New Qualitative Methodologies in Health and Social Care. London: Routledge.
Jones, K. (2004). Soldiers become casualties: Doctors' accounts of the SARS epidemic. In T. Greenhalgh (Ed.), Narrative Research in Health and Illness. London: BMJ Books.
