Between the Two: A Nomadic Inquiry into Collaborative Writing and Subjectivity - Hardcover

Ken Gale; Jonathan Wyatt

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1443813494 ISBN 13: 9781443813495

Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2009

Synopsis

In this unique work, Ken Gale and Jonathan Wyatt bring together three areas of scholarship: collaborative writing as method of inquiry, the philosophical approaches of the French philosopher, Gilles Deleuze, and the performativity of both writing and the 'self'. The book is a reflexive exploration into the theory and practice of collaborative writing, with their between-the-twos - sequences of exchanged writings using a variety of forms and genres - at the book's heart. Their collaboration offers an experimental, transgressive and nomadic inquiry into subjectivities, engaging with fathers and fathering, mothers, childhood, relationships, religion and spirituality, and friendship. Based upon the authors' joint doctoral dissertation, for which they received an Honourable Mention in the 2009 Illinois Distinguished Dissertation Award, the book draws for its theoretical base primarily from the work of Deleuze, from both his philosophical 'figures' - such as bodies-without-organs, lines of flight, haecceity, rhizomes, becoming - and the insights that he offers into his collaborations with others. It also tells a story, conveying a sense of a relationship developing over time. The book will interest both academics and postgraduate students within the field of qualitative inquiry, including those involved in narrative inquiry, cultural, communication and performance studies, and autoethnography.

About this title

About the Author:

Ken Gale is Lecturer in Education at the University of Plymouth in the UK. He has published on creativity, educational management, online learning and triadic assessment. Jonathan Wyatt is Head of Professional Development at the University of Oxford, and also works as a counsellor of adults within the UK's National Health Service. He has written about loss and on counselling. Together, they have published a number of papers on collaborative writing as a method of inquiry, including, most recently: Gale, K and Wyatt, J (2008) Two men talking: A nomadic inquiry into collaborative writing. International Review of Qualitative Research 1, 3: 361-379; and Gale, K and Wyatt, J (2008) Becoming men, becoming-men? A collective biography. International Review of Qualitative Research. 1, 2: 235-254.

Review:

This is a powerful, richly nuanced, evocative work; a stunning and brilliantly innovative pedagogical and theoretical intervention. This new book provides ground zero--the starting place for the next generation of theorists who want to write their way through and across the theoretical, methodological and interpretive implications that result when voice, identity, presence and writing are made problematic. A stunning accomplishment. Their model of collaborative writing and performance autoethnography charts new territories of inquiry. They show the rest of us how to move from the personal to the political, and back again. We are all in their debt. --Norman K. Denzin, Distinguished Professor of Communications, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA

Sometimes I read a book and wish I'd written it. Ken and Jonathan s book is one of them It is highly original, thought provoking, and emotionally compelling. The authors show us through 'writing spaces' of interactive writing how Deleuzian ideas can be applied to discover (uncover) intimacy and 'becoming'. I found myself glued to the pages by the authors' ingenuity, openness, and intelligence. It is not only erudite, it is a really good read. --Professor Laurel Richardson, Professor Emeritus of Sociology, The Ohio State University, USA

In Between the two Ken Gale and Jonathan Wyatt provide us with multiple spaces and traces of what can be, and might be, for embodied academics seeking to engage with experimental and transgressive modes of representation as a way to explore lived experience in all its messy complexity. Beautifully crafted and laced with an emotionally sensitive scholarship their work is both provocative and evocative, inviting us to weave our own stories into those they offer for consideration. It is an invitation well worth accepting. --Professor Andrew C. Sparkes PhD, Director: Qualitative Research Unit, School of Sport & Health Sciences, Exeter University

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 1443813494
• ISBN 13: 9781443813495
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 285