Charise Andrea
Department of Health & Society, University of Toronto Scarborough (UTSC), Toronto, ON, M1C1A4, Canada.
J Med Humanit. 2025 Jun;46(2):249-254. doi: 10.1007/s10912-025-09931-y. Epub 2025 Jan 24.
This article explores the rise of comics-based research (CBR) as an innovative method for disseminating and translating academic findings to broader audiences. Rooted in the established use of comics in technical communication, CBR takes the unique strengths of graphic media-accessibility, multimodal engagement, and visual storytelling-to communicate complex concepts to diverse audiences, particularly in health-related disciplines. A recent development in this field is the comic research abstract, a concise, visually enriched alternative to traditional textual abstracts. By integrating clarity, brevity, and expressive visuals, this format enhances research accessibility and promotes interdisciplinary collaboration. Drawing on an example from the author's work on intergenerational storytelling, this article introduces the comic research abstract as a transformative interdisciplinary tool that bridges the arts, humanities, and health sciences. It highlights how this format translates research into advocacy-driven narratives, fostering inclusion, activism, and public engagement. By combining written and visual content, the comic research abstract underscores the potential of comics for advancing health humanities, arts-based academic communication, and inclusive scholarship.
本文探讨了基于漫画的研究（CBR）的兴起，它是一种将学术成果传播并转化给更广泛受众的创新方法。CBR植根于漫画在技术交流中的既定应用，利用图形媒体的独特优势——可及性、多模态参与和视觉叙事——向不同受众传达复杂概念，尤其是在与健康相关的学科领域。该领域的一个最新发展是漫画研究摘要，它是传统文本摘要的一种简洁且视觉丰富的替代形式。通过整合清晰性、简洁性和富有表现力的视觉效果，这种形式提高了研究的可及性，并促进了跨学科合作。本文以作者关于代际叙事的研究为例，介绍漫画研究摘要这一变革性的跨学科工具，它架起了艺术、人文和健康科学之间的桥梁。文章强调了这种形式如何将研究转化为以倡导为导向的叙事，促进包容性、行动主义和公众参与。通过结合文字和视觉内容，漫画研究摘要凸显了漫画在推进健康人文学科、基于艺术的学术交流和包容性学术研究方面的潜力。
