The Collaborative Body in Qualitative Research: Becoming Bodyography

The Collaborative Body in Qualitative Research emphasizes the importance of the body in qualitative research and challenges normative philosophies that have neglected it. It explores taboo topics such as sex, sexuality, aging, and death and showcases a collaborative and arts-based approach. The book encourages scholars to do research differently and is a dialogue between The Bodies Collective.

Format: Hardback
Length: 174 pages
Publication date: 03 November 2023
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

The Collaborative Body in Qualitative Research is a groundbreaking work that challenges normative philosophies that have often neglected the body's place in research. It illustrates the essential role of the body in all meaning-making processes. By "voicing the body," the book problematizes how the body is often used or assessed but often silenced in academic writing. It then moves on to celebrate the body through discussions of taboo topics such as sex and sexuality in friendship, underwear (knickers), aging, and death, as well as how a non-binary body moves in a heteronormative world.

Through the lens of Bodyography, the book conducts research differently, illuminating how the body flourishes, excites knowledge, and is complicated when placed on a "screen." The book celebrates a collaborative and arts-based approach, with dialogic resonance sections between each chapter and art pieces throughout.

This book is a dialogue between The Bodies Collective, with dialogic resonance sections between each chapter and art pieces throughout. It encourages all scholars to do research differently, particularly those who are thirsting to challenge normative practices in academia and who want research to be inspiring and playful.

The Bodies Collective (2023) is the authorship of this book.

Weight: 453g
Dimension: 234 x 156 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781032335605