Departing Radically in Academic Writing

Alternative Approaches to Writing and Methods in Qualitative Research

Elizabeth Mackinlay, Karen Madden, Elizabeth Mackinlay, Karen Madden

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2023
• Print ISBN: 9781032419992
• eBook ISBN: 9781000926705
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Psychology
• Subtopic: Social Science Research & Methodology
• Index: Psychology

Departing Radically in Academic Writing (DRAW) seeks to show qualitative researchers that there are ways to embrace creatively alternative approaches to writing, whilst fulfilling the demands of an academic tenure system.

Putting forward playful, arts-based and creative writing/fiction approaches to writing up research, the contributions in this book demonstrate how theorisation can happen in different ways, particularly, for younger career scholars struggling with their thesis submissions. Some of the contributions in the book come from those who have successfully defended a "DRAWn" thesis. Whilst this is not a handbook or "how to", it does show DRAW and radical departure work can work in practice without disadvantaging the researcher. Each chapter includes Author's Notes on the chapter and Radical Writing Prompts to stimulate creative thinking.

Drawing on the work of Sara Ahmed, Ruth Behar, bell hooks, Helene Cixous, Virginia Woolf, Laurel Richardson and other literary and creative feminist, qualitative thinkers, Departing Radically in Academic Writing will appeal to graduate students and researchers in Education, the social sciences and humanities who are interested to advance critical thinking through radically departured work.

Table of contents

• Cover Page
• Half-Title Page
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Dedication Page
• Contents
• List of contributors
• Acknowledgment of country and community
• Acknowledgements
• Foreword
• Preface
• 1 The beginning of DRAW: Letters of introduction
• 2 Crystallising the everyday emotional work of women working in childcare during COVID-19
• 3 How to do DRAW by me the DRAWER
• 4 DRAWING: A different way of researching, writing, and storying
• 5 What do you hear when I write the word garden?
• 6 DRAWING words from the earth: Poetic compos(t)ing
• 7 The most magnificent thesis
• 8 Chasing rainbows: An autoethnography of writing between the words
• 9 Following an unconventional writing path
• 10 Following the line of flight
• 11 DRAWING masculinity: An autoethnographic exploration of be(com)ing a man
• 12 Speaking of movement: Podcasts as departing radically in academic writing
• 13 B is for broken hearted
• 14 Mixing and mingling towards academic writing: Rhythm, words, music
• 15 An alchemist in the landscape: Visualising illness-pandemics through erasure
• 16 Feminist leader begins to DRAW: A diary of methodology
• 17 It really is a gender thing, for me
• 18 Dream, I tell you: A final word
• Index