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

This book encourages readers to approach collaborative research differently, using arts-based and multimodal methods to forge relationships and explore ideas. It emphasizes the importance of letting go and poetics in remaking research conventions and offers alternative forms of thinking and inquiry through interludes. The book celebrates collaboration in complex, exploratory, literary, and artistic ways within university and community research.

Format: Hardback
Length: 190 pages
Publication date: 18 August 2022
Publisher: Bristol University Press

This captivating book invites readers to contemplate collaborative research in entirely new ways. By embracing the concepts of 'letting go' (the understanding that research is an ongoing and evolving process) and poetics (utilizing an approach that challenges and reshapes established conventions), it presents collaborative research as a vibrant space where relationships are forged through the use of arts-based and multimodal ways of seeing, inquiring, and representing ideas.

The book's chapters are intricately woven with 'Interludes,' which offer alternative frameworks for thinking and provide alternative vantage points from which to observe phenomena, pose questions, and seek insights or openings for further inquiry. Rather than providing definitive answers, these interludes encourage readers to engage in a more contemplative and exploratory approach to research.

In total, this book celebrates collaboration in intricate, imaginative, literary, and artistic ways within the realms of university and community research. It encourages readers to embrace the richness of diverse perspectives, methodologies, and artistic expressions, fostering a deeper understanding of the world and generating new insights and opportunities for collaboration.

Dimension: 234 x 156 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781529215090