Inside out: what we (don’t) talk about when we talk about research

TY - JOUR

T1 - Inside out

T2 - what we (don’t) talk about when we talk about research

AU - Simovska, Venka

AU - Lagermann, Laila Colding

AU - Abduljalil, Heba Salah Y

AU - Mørck, Line Lerche

AU - Kousholt, Dorte

PY - 2019

Y1 - 2019

N2 - In this article, we discuss issues that are rarely (if ever) talked about in research: experiences of deep insight and inspiration, of meaning-making, of embodied passion and of excitement related to the practice of engaging in qualitative research and of being a qualitative researcher. These are the ‘aha’ moments or ‘eureka’ experiences. Drawing on Frigga Haug’s collective memory work, five individual memories were articulated as text and analysed collectively over a period of six months. By analytically deploying the concept of generativity, we portray the tensions, dynamics and interactions that (co)create aha moments and movements as a way of enacting situated research(er) agency and of challenging the neoliberal instrumentalisation of research and researchers. Our aim is to contribute to visualizing and fostering small but powerful steps in innovative, good quality research and bringing desire and passion (back) into research practice.

AB - In this article, we discuss issues that are rarely (if ever) talked about in research: experiences of deep insight and inspiration, of meaning-making, of embodied passion and of excitement related to the practice of engaging in qualitative research and of being a qualitative researcher. These are the ‘aha’ moments or ‘eureka’ experiences. Drawing on Frigga Haug’s collective memory work, five individual memories were articulated as text and analysed collectively over a period of six months. By analytically deploying the concept of generativity, we portray the tensions, dynamics and interactions that (co)create aha moments and movements as a way of enacting situated research(er) agency and of challenging the neoliberal instrumentalisation of research and researchers. Our aim is to contribute to visualizing and fostering small but powerful steps in innovative, good quality research and bringing desire and passion (back) into research practice.

KW - Collective Memory

KW - Qualitative Research

KW - Mo(ve)ments

KW - Generativity

KW - Analysis

KW - generativity in research

KW - research(er) agency

KW - aha

KW - collective memory work

KW - mo(ve)ment

KW - Forskningsmetode

KW - Videregående uddannelse

KW - Forskningmetode

U2 - 10.1177/1468794117749165

DO - 10.1177/1468794117749165

M3 - Journal article

SN - 1468-7941

VL - 19

SP - 113

EP - 130

JO - Qualitative Research

JF - Qualitative Research

IS - 2

ER -