Writing a thesis differently. Issue 5 (27th May 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Honan, Eileen; Bright, David
• Is Part Of: International journal of qualitative studies in education. Volume 29:Issue 5(2016)
• Page Start: 731
• Page End: 743
• Publication Date: 2016-05-27
• Subjects: Doctoral thesis writing -- deleuze and language -- post-qualitative research methods -- rhizomatic methods -- tetralinguistic discourses; Education -- Research -- Periodicals; Éducation -- Recherche -- Périodiques; Sciences de l'éducation -- Méthodes qualitatives -- Périodiques; 370.72
• DOI: 10.1080/09518398.2016.1145280
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0951-8398

Abstract

Abstract: In this paper we explore the contributions that Deleuze and Guattari have made to thinking/writing language and how these ideas can be put to work in producing a doctoral thesis. We contribute to the field of work within what Patti Lather and Elizabeth St Pierre have called the "post-qualitative" movement, where researchers attempt to "imagine and accomplish an inquiry that might produce different knowledge and produce knowledge differently". We attempt to rethink the thesis text, using a language where language always falls apart, a way of talking/writing/reading about presentation of research within a doctoral thesis that will provide the writermachine a space to "pass". The paper will provide some ideas and ways forward for writers who are attempting to deterritorialize research, who are attempting to experiment with new representational forms.