Document Type
Journal Article
Publication Title
Culture Unbound: Journal of Current Cultural Research
Publisher
Linköping University Electronic Press (LiU E-Press)
School
School of Education
RAS ID
58020
Funders
Riksbankens Jubileumsfond
Abstract
This text is an exploration of collaborative thinking and writing through theories, methods, and experiences on the topic of the child, children, and childhood. It is a collaborative written text (with 32 authors) that sprang out of the experimental workshop Child Studies Multiple. The workshop and this text are about daring to stay with mess, “un-closure” , and uncertainty in order to investigate the (e)motions and complexities of being either a child or a researcher. The theoretical and methodological processes presented here offer an opportunity to shake the ground on which individual researchers stand by raising questions about scientific inspiration, theoretical and methodological productivity, and thinking through focusing on process, play, and collaboration. The effect of this is a questioning of the singular academic ‘I’ by exploring and showing what a plural ‘I’ can look like. It is about what the multiplicity of voice can offer research in a highly individualistic time. The article allows the reader to follow and watch the unconventional trial-and-error path of the ongoing-ness of exploring theories and methods together as a research community via methods of drama, palimpsest, and fictionary.
DOI
10.3384/cu.3529
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Comments
Sparrman, A., Hrechaniuk, Y., Smith, O. A., Andersson, K., Arzuk, D., Annerbäck, J., . . . Cardell, D. (2023). Child studies multiple – collaborative play for thinking through theories and methods. Culture Unbound: Journal of Current Cultural Research, 15(1). https://doi.org/10.3384/cu.3529