1st Edition

Departing Radically in Academic Writing Alternative Approaches to Writing and Methods in Qualitative Research

Edited By Elizabeth Mackinlay, Karen Madden Copyright 2024
250 Pages 7 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

250 Pages 7 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

250 Pages 7 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Departing Radically in Academic Writing (DRAW) seeks to show qualitative researchers that there are ways to embrace creatively alternative approaches to writing, whilst fulfilling the demands of an academic tenure system. Putting forward playful, arts-based and creative writing/fiction approaches to writing up research, the contributions in this book demonstrate how theorisation can happen... Read more

1. The Beginning of DRAW: Letters of Introduction
Elizabeth Mackinlay and Karen Madden

2. Crystallising the Everyday Emotional Work of Women Working in Childcare during COVID-19
Emma Cooke, Laetitia Coles, Karen Thorpe, and Sandy Houen

3. How to do DRAW by Me the DRAWer
Mel Green

4. DRAWing: A Different Way of Researching, Writing, and Storying
Elizabeth Allotta

5. What do you Hear When I Write the Word Garden?
Renée Mickelburgh

6. DRAWing Words from the Earth: Poetic Compos(t)ing
Rebecca Ream

7. The Most Magnificent Thesis
Mel Green

8. Chasing Rainbows: An Autoethnography of Writing Between the Words
Donna F. Henson

9. Following an Unconventional Writing Path
Dewi Andriani

10. Following the Line of Flight
Muhammad Ali Musofer

11. DRAWing Masculinity: An Autoethnographic Exploration of Be(com)ing a Man
Aaron Teo

12. Speaking of Movement: Podcasts as Departing Radically in Academic Writing
James Salvo

13. B is for Broken Hearted
Elizabeth Mackinlay

14. Mixing and Mingling towards Academic Writing: Rhythm, Words, Music
Eloise Doherty

15. An Alchemist in the Landscape: Visualising Illness-pandemics through Erasure
Dawne Fahey

16. Feminist Leader Begins to DRAW: A Diary of Methodology
Karen Madden

17. It Really is a Gender Thing, for Me
Nicola Apps

18. Dream, I Tell You: A Final Word
Elizabeth Mackinlay and Karen Madden

Biography

Elizabeth Mackinlay is Professor and Director of Higher Degree Research in the Faculty of Education, South Cross University, Australia.

Karen Madden is a PhD candidate, University of Queensland, Australia.