Ahead of the second ARP workshop, I read Ellis and Bochner’s ‘Analyzing Analytic Autoethnography’, (Bochner and Ellis, 2006). The text took the format of a transcript of a conversation between a couple – Ellis and Bochner – who are also academics, about their practice of autoethnography. Now revisiting my notes on this session, about a… Continue reading Methodologies: Romantic Research <3
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Professional Context, Rationale & Limitations
The Professional Context The production of knowledge is highly political. In my own experience as a lecturer and student, universities are widely seen as the place where ‘knowledge’ is produced by certain people, and by extension where certain types of knowledge and research that meet certain standards are legitimised. As a black female lecturer and… Continue reading Professional Context, Rationale & Limitations
Notes on rationale – bell hooks’ ‘Therory as Liberatory Practice’
‘When our lived experience of theorizing is fundamentally linked to processes of self-recovery, of collective liberation, no gap exists between theory and practice. Indeed what such experience makes more evident is the bond between the two – that ultimately reciprocal process wherein one enables the other.’ (hooks, 1994) ‘Critical reflection on contemporary production of feminist… Continue reading Notes on rationale – bell hooks’ ‘Therory as Liberatory Practice’