Giving voice through love: an autoethnographic poetic inquiry

Key Points

• The aim is to explore how poetic inquiry can enhance social research on inclusion and decolonization.
• Utilized an arts-based approach combining poetic forms and social research.
• Highlighted diverse poetic traditions from the Global South.
• Focused on social justice issues as the thematic backbone.
• Demonstrated significant potential for poetry to foster innovative social research.
• Showed that poetic inquiry can effectively address inclusion and decolonization challenges.
• Promoted a deeper understanding of social justice issues through artistic expression.