1st Edition
Artful Collaborative Inquiry Making and Writing Creative, Qualitative Research
Prologue(s); Part One: Keeping the Inquiry Space Open Introduction Chapter 1: Writing on the Ceiling of Room 407 Chapter 2. Making Meaning of Life Changing Events; Part Two: Inviting Other Scholars into Our Space Introduction Chapter 3. Riffing Off Tami: Tami Spry’s Performative Call and Our Collaborative Response Chapter 4. Meandering and Writing Alongside Doreen Massey; Part Three: Playing in Other/Outside Spaces Introduction Chapter 5. Pockets Chapter 6. Cozy Crimes and Deadly Deeds; Part Four: Coming Together and Falling Apart Introduction Chapter 7. Remembering Sue Chapter 8. Epilogue
Biography
Davina Kirkpatrick is Visiting Research Fellow, University of Plymouth, UK.
Jane Speedy is Emeritus Professor of Education, University of Bristol, UK.
Jonathan Wyatt is Professor of Qualitative Inquiry, University of Edinburgh, UK.
Sue Porter was Senior Research Fellow, School for Social Policy, University of Bristol, UK.
"This book is stunningly radical, crossing new borders, charting new ways of being, a foundational statement, there is no turning back...." -- Norman Denzin, Emeritus Professor of Sociology, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, USA
This magical book is a consummate example of the urgency and gravitas of this recurrent phrase, 'We are all in this together.'" -- D. Soyini Madison, Professor Emeritus of Performance and Communication Studies, Northwestern University, Chicago, USA
"These essays are like gleaming crumbs in a dark forest of self-interest and xenophobia, leading us out to the light of belonging and connection. Do yourself a favour and get this book today, or better yet: give it to a loved one." -- Anne Harris, Principal Research Fellow, RMIT University
"This book invites us to leap with the authors into an endless, artful, becoming through collaborative storytelling, through 'seas of stories flowing into an ocean yet only dipped into.'" -- Bronwyn Davies, Emeritus Professor Western Sydney University, Adjunct Professor University of Melbourne
"Witnessing this remarkable collaborative becomes a beacon for all of us wishing to create similar spaces. We should all be so lucky! I highly recommend this important book for all artist-scholars interested in artful collaborative forms of inquiry!" -- Rita L. Irwin, Distinguished University Scholar and Professor, Art Education, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
"Fizzing with the energies mobilised by collaborative and creative inquiry, this is a book that resuscitates spirits." -- Deirdre Heddon, James Arnott Professor of Drama, University of Glasgow
