Boundary riding and shaping research spaces

Debbie Horsfall; Joy Higgs

Boundary riding and shaping research spaces

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Abstract

The metaphor of boundary riding captures several essential elements of the professional artistry of expert qualitative researchers: traversing research territories, crossing discipline and personal/professional boundaries, having an ability to imagine transformation in personal and social practices, being curious about the unfamiliar, and being open to exploring new territories and learning along the way. We also find it a liberating metaphor that enables researchers actively to choose which research territories or spaces they will inhabit. This is important. Where researchers actively locate themselves shapes their research practices and influences decisions about how best to conduct research that is imbued with moral agency and concerned with transformative social practices.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Creative spaces for qualitative researching
Subtitle of host publication	Living research
Editors	Joy Higgs, Angie Titchen, Debbie Horsfall, Donna Bridges
Place of Publication	Rotterdam
Publisher	Sense Publishers
Chapter	5
Pages	45-54
Number of pages	10
Volume	5
ISBN (Electronic)	9789460917615
ISBN (Print)	9789460917592, 9789460917608
Publication status	Published - 2011

Publication series

Name	Practice, education, work and society
Volume	5

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Boundary riding and shaping research spaces. / Horsfall, Debbie ; Higgs, Joy.

Creative spaces for qualitative researching: Living research. ed. / Joy Higgs; Angie Titchen; Debbie Horsfall; Donna Bridges. Vol. 5 Rotterdam : Sense Publishers, 2011. p. 45-54 (Practice, education, work and society ; Vol. 5).

Research output: Book chapter/Published conference paper › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review

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