Ethnodrama : analysis in action

Qualitative research reports containing dramatic demonstrations or performances of elements of qualitative data - that is, ethnodrama - may have import for audiences beyond those more commonly experienced in the realm of traditional modes of data analysis and transmission. Referring to this specialised form of qualitative, ethnographic research in health and education, this chapter uncovers disturbing potentials inherent in newer tropes of data portrayal (Morgan, Mienczakowski & King, 1999) whereby the misguided (albeit well-intentioned) use of performed health education research can be seen to have potentially deleterious effects on vulnerable informant collaborators and/or audients.