Transformative Visions for Qualitative Inquiry

Transformative Visions for Qualitative Inquiry explores the idea of transformation, transformative action, transformative possibilities, and potentialities for the future of qualitative inquiry in a post-pandemic world. Contributors focus on academic healing, environmental justice, arts-based research, disruptions to conventional humanist and Western modes of thought, and questions of empathy and spirit-writing.

Format: Hardback
Length: 206 pages
Publication date: 02 May 2022
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

In the face of a pandemic of meanings brought forth by COVID-19, climate change, political upheaval, inequality, and oppression of various forms, contributors to this volume embark on a quest for a new path forward. Their goal is to reimagine a post-pandemic pedagogy of hope and compassion, not only for qualitative research but also for the communities in which we reside. Empathy, healing, collaboration, survival, discomfort, protection, justice, creative agency, and the arts emerge as the guiding principles for the journey ahead.

As international scholars from the United States, Canada, and Australia navigate these challenging times, they do so with a renewed sense of hope, yet remain firmly grounded in the knowledge that much work remains to be done. Our inquiry must rise to meet the demands of our evolving future, while also embracing the transformative possibilities it holds.

Within the pages of this volume, contributors delve into a range of topics that are central to this endeavor. These include academic healing, environmental justice, the dominance of higher education and its challenges to critical education, arts-based research such as songwriting, participatory workshops, and autopoetics, disruptions to conventional humanist and Western modes of thought, and questions of empathy and spirit-writing.

Transformative Visions for Qualitative Inquiry is a valuable resource for faculty and students alike who are passionate about envisioning new ways to restore healing from the pandemic. It serves as a catalyst for pushing back, resisting, healing, sharing, laughing, and living. By exploring these critical themes, we can cultivate a sense of hope and resilience that will guide us toward a brighter future.

Dimension: 229 x 152 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781032183152