Collaborative Research in Theory and Practice: The Poetics of Letting Go

by Kate Pahl, Richard Steadman-Jones, Lalitha Vasudevan, Hugh Escott (Contribution by), Cristina Salazar Gallardo (Contribution by)

Overview

This book invites the reader to think about collaborative research differently. Using the concepts of ‘letting go’ (the recognition that research is always in a state of becoming) and 'poetics’ (using an approach that might interrupt and remake the conventions of research), it envisions collaborative research as a space where relationships are forged with the use of arts-based and multimodal ways of seeing, inquiring and representing ideas.

The book's chapters are interwoven with ‘Interludes’ which provide alternative forms to think with and another vantage point from which to regard phenomena, pose a question and seek insights or openings for further inquiry, rather than answers. Altogether, the book celebrates collaboration in complex, exploratory, literary and artistic ways within university and community research.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781529215113
Publisher:	Bristol University Press
Publication date:	08/18/2022
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	190
File size:	7 MB

About the Author

Kate Pahl is Professor of Arts and Literacy at Manchester Metropolitan University.

Richard Steadman-Jones is a Senior University Teacher in the School of English at the University of Sheffield.

Lalitha Vasudevan is Professor of Technology and Education and Vice Dean for Digital Innovation at Teachers College, Columbia University.

Kate Pahl is Professor of Arts and Literacy at Manchester Metropolitan University, UK.
Richard Steadman-Jones is a Senior University Teacher in the School of English at the University of Sheffield, UK.
Lalitha Vasudevan is Professor of Technology and Education and Vice Dean for Digital Innovation at Teachers College, Columbia University, US.

Table of Contents

Prologue

1. Introduction

Interlude 1: Collaborative Questioning

2. Poetics

Interlude 2: Postcards

3. Worldizing

Interlude 3: Letting Go

4. Worthiness

Interlude 4: Two

5. Enchantment

Interlude 5: Demons

6. Embodiment

Interlude 6: 'Most People Don’t Believe Me'

7. Hypertext

Interlude 7: Failing

8. Unplanning

Interlude 8: Notes on the Work

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

"Opening scholars to new and inspiring ways to write academically, this book takes seriously the art of listening in research sites and poetics' role in lifting out people, places and moments encountered." Jennifer Rowsell, University of Bristol

"This smart, beautiful, magical and fierce work lures research out of the academy and into the wild world. It is truly a must-read." Elizabeth Campbell, Appalachian State University

"This important book promotes a long-overdue shift in knowledge production by moving away from the authoritarian research models of Western academia to acknowledge the multiple voices and diverging viewpoints of non-academic communities (and rehabilitate them as equally valuable meaning-makers)." Christina Horvath, University of Bath