A reflection on a humanistic approach to narrative inquiry into the lived experience of women casual academics.

Autor/in	Crimmins, Gail
Titel	A reflection on a humanistic approach to narrative inquiry into the lived experience of women casual academics.
Quelle	In: Reflective practice, (2016) 4, S.483 PDF als Volltext (1); PDF als Volltext (2); PDF als Volltext (3) Verfügbarkeit
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1462-3943
DOI	10.1080/14623943.2016.1175342
Schlagwörter	Self-reflexivity; Narrative inquiry; In-the-making research; Embodied cognition; Research flow; Women; Colleges & universities; Experiential learning; Reflective teaching; Cognitive psychology; Inquiry method; Qualitative research
Abstract	Qualitative research is said to add flesh to the bones of quantitative data, and narrative inquiry, more specifically, is described as emotionally comforting, reassuring and validating for participants who share their stories. But little is said of the impact of the flesh, bone and emotions of the narrative inquirer on the qualitative research process. This paper explores a humanistic approach to a narrative inquiry into the lived experience of women casual academics in Australian universities, and exposes the emotional and embodied labour involved in researching others' stories. Through reflecting in and on her practice as a narrative inquirer, the author discusses how she was affectively and ideologically motivated to investigate the lives of women casual academics and demonstrates how her heart worked in conjunction with her head when 'handling' the narrative data. The author finally explores how reflecting on a humanistic approach to narrative research exposes that emotional and cognitive alignment can create research 'flow', and that fully embodied engagement with research aligns with 'slow' and feminist 'in-the-making' scholarship where journey and outcomes emerge and cannot be pre-determined.
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Update	2021/4/12