I've included the photographis of two very happy practitioner-researchers graduating
with their doctorates on the 19th July 2005. I've been looking forward to seeing both
Madeline Church's and Marian Naidoo's doctorates flowing through web-space. (In
the photographs Madeline is on her own by a display of flowers and Marian is with
her Mum). I've included a quote from Madeline's Abstract and the whole of Marian's
Abstract from the live urls below.
These additions to the practitioner-researcher archive are:
Church, M. (2004) Creating an uncompromised place to belong. Why do I find myself
in networks. Ph.D. University of Bath. Retrieved 1st August 2005 from
http://www.bath.ac.uk/~edsajw/church.shtml
"I show how my approach to this work is rooted in the values of compassion, love,
and fairness, and inspired by art. I hold myself to account in relation to these values,
as living standards by which I judge myself and my action in the world. This finds
expression in research that helps us to design more appropriate criteria for the
evaluation of international social change networks. Through this process I inquire
with others into the nature of networks, and their potential for supporting us in
lightly-held communities which liberate us to be dynamic, diverse and creative
individuals working together for common purpose. I tentatively conclude that
networks have the potential to increase my and our capacity for love. "
Naidoo, M. (2005) I am because we are (A never ending story). The emergence of a
living theory of inclusional and responsive practice. Ph.D. University of Bath.
Retrieved 1st August 2005 from
http://www.bath.ac.uk/~edsajw/naidoo.shtml
"I believe that this original account of my emerging practice demonstrates how I have
been able to turn my ontological commitment to a passion for compassion into a
living epistemological standard of judgement by which my inclusional and
responsive practice may be held accountable.
I am a story teller and the focus of this narrative is on my learning and the
development of my living educational theory as I have engaged with others in a
creative and critical practice over a sustained period of time. This narrative self-study
demonstrates how I have encouraged people to work creatively and critically in
order to improve the way we relate and communicate in a multi-professional and
multi-agency healthcare setting in order to improve both the quality of care provided
and the well being of the system.
In telling the story of the unique development of my inclusional and responsive
practice I will show how I have been influenced by the work of theatre practitioners
such as Augusto Boal, educational theorists such as Paulo Freire and drawn on,
incorporated and developed ideas from complexity theory and living theory action
research. I will also describe how my engagement with the thinking of others has
enabled my own practice to develop and from that to develop a living, inclusional
and responsive theory of my practice. Through this research and the writing of this
thesis, I now also understand that my ontological commitment to a passion for
compassion has its roots in significant events in my past. "
Love Jack.
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