(International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry Series) 1st Edition
by Norman K. Denzin (Editor), Michael D. Giardina (Editor)
Transformative Visions for Qualitative
Inquiry takes as its central theme the idea of transformation,
transformative action, transformative possibilities, and potentialities
for the future for qualitative inquiry. In a present moment defined by a
pandemic of meanings over COVID-19, climate change, political upheaval,
inequality, and oppression of all kinds, contributors to this volume
seek a new way forward―to reimagine a post-pandemic pedagogy of hope and
compassion both for qualitative research and for the communities in
which we inhabit. Empathy. Healing. Collaboration. Survival. Discomfort.
Protection. Justice. Creative agency. The arts. These are the
watchwords for the road ahead.
In these uncertain times, leading
international scholars from the United States, Canada, and Australia
look ahead with a renewed sense of hope, but remain grounded in the
reality that much work lies ahead―that our inquiry must meet the demands
of our hopeful but evolving future. More specifically, contributors
focus on such topics as: academic healing; environmental justice; the
hegemony of higher education and 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 must-read for faculty and students alike who are interested
in imagining new ways to restore healing from the pandemic―to push
back, resist, heal, share, laugh, and live.
