Abstract
This poem replaces the conventional Preface in my edited volume on theories in education. As such it makes a political and methodological statement concerning what counts as 'research' in the social sciences and liberal arts. It connects to my introductory chapter where I reflect on the various modalities that contributors operationalised in order to connect with the a wider readership and find appropriate means of expression for their work, such as a two act play, readers' theatre and practice-as-research. The poem is a highly abstracted reflection on fragmentation, care for the self (Foucault) and the paradox of the private/public in education. It draws on various unspecified artworks and the opera Bluebeard's Castle, by Bella Bartok.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Education, theory and pedagogies of change in a global landscape |
| Subtitle of host publication | interdisciplinary perspectives on the role of theory in doctoral research. |
| Editors | Victoria Perselli |
| Place of Publication | Basingstoke, U.K. |
| Publisher | Palgrave Macmillan |
| Pages | vx |
| ISBN (Print) | 9781137549228 |
| Publication status | Published - 2016 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Bibliographical note
Impact: Identifies the ways in which practitioners and professionals are putting theory to work at the site of their practices, in particular in response to change and in order to bring about change through intervention, thus influencing learning teaching and research methods and approaches and redeveloping curricula (HE, schooling) in the light of their empirical research findings.Keywords
- English language and literature