Jack, this is an interesting and worthwhile idea. what would it
involve? how could we do this? I've been working quite a lot with
Deleuze and Foucault quite recently and would welcome a chance to work
these ideas through in ways that might be able to 'undo' constraints and
reconfigure them in ways that might be more productive and life
affirming.... would also like to help Louise and others pursue research
that matters to them
Cathie
Dr Cathie Pearce
Research Fellow
ESRI
MMU
tel: 0161 247 2074
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>>> Jack Whitehead <[log in to unmask]> 04/15/08 10:01 AM >>>
I'm wondering if it might be possible to engage in some co-research
stimulated by Louise's
question:
How do I break free from the traditional scholarship model as a PhD
student?
If Louise thinks that it is OK I'd like to research alongside her as she
develops her research
programme.
Because I work with Foucault's idea of Power/Knowledge I don't believe
that I can break free from
the pressures of constraining influences in our cultures - in the sense
of becoming independent
from them - but that I can be aware of these influences in seeking to
transcend them. It might
seem paradoxical but I also value insights from traditional scholarship
at the same time as
seeking to transcend its limitations. So I'd like to research my
question, 'How do I work to
transcend the constraints of traditional scholarship while benefitting
from some of its insights in
the creation of my living educational theory?'
I'd also like to research alongside Louise and others who like the idea
of seeing if we could engage
in some co-research, with an action research project that uses the
practice of transformative
storytelling to inspire our own active citizenship and to contribute to
the active citizenship of
others.
This focus emerged from Louise's focus on the practice of transformative
storytelling to inspire
active citizenship paper:
"This paper describes an action research project that used the practice
of transformative
storytelling to inspire active citizenship with one preparatory class
(5-6 year olds) in an Australian
public school."
I've checked with Louise to see if it is OK to start a new thread with
her question: How do I break
free from the traditional scholarship model as a PhD student? and it
is. I'll start a new thread (4)
with Louise's question to see if there is any interest in researching
alongside each other around
issues stimulated by Louise's question and paper.
Love Jack
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