Systemic Inquiry: Innovations in Reflexive Practice Research

Editor : Gail Simon, Editor : Alex Chard

Systemic Inquiry: Innovations in Reflexive Practice Research

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  • Publisher : Everything is Connected Press
  • Published : October 2014
  • Cover : Paperback
  • Pages : 336
  • Category :
    Family, Couple and Systemic Therapy
  • Category 2 :
    Research
  • Catalogue No : 37796
  • ISBN 13 : 9780993072307
  • ISBN 10 : 9780993072

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This collection has been written by eminent members of the systemic communities to inspire reflexive practitioners and offer leading edge systemic research methodology with innovative approaches to systemic practice research. These practices of inquiry arise out of a comfortable systemic weaving of social constructionist, collaborative dialogical and narrative practices in the fields of therapy, consultation, teaching, supervision, leadership, organisational development, community work and activism.

Reflexivity runs through this collection like a rainbow thread connecting the reader to different forms of practitioner research. The book connects theoretical, ethical and technical challenges for the practitioner-researcher offering a theorethical grounding in systemic inquiry alongside innovative examples of approaches to systemic inquiry. These writings encourage practitioners to find approaches to practice research rather than feel they must adopt existing methods from modernist academic discourse. This book is written for anyone interested in inquiring into reflexive and relational practice and has particular appeal to doctoral and masters research students. It is of practical and theoretical help in forging connections between systemic practice, systemic inquiry and the wider field of post-positivist qualitative inquiry.

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Systemic Inquiry: Innovations in Reflexive Practice Research connects research, relationships and ethics in a thoughtful and meaningful way. For anyone interested in taking a systemic constructionist perspective to researching and theorizing practice, the book is a great resource, offering practical guides, a range of methods, along with helpful examples from the experience of authors who are carrying out research in a variety of contexts. What is also important is that each chapter illustrates the 'realities' of doing research - that inquiry is not the structured, de-humanised process many research methods books convey. Instead, it is often a messy, challenging, reflexive and ultimately rewarding experience.
Ann L Cunliffe, Professor of Organization Studies, University of Bradford, UK

This collection is a hopeful reminder that reflexive research can be a powerful and transformative intervention in social life. What an exciting and important book!
Frank J. Barrett, author of Yes to the Mess: Surprising Leadership Lessons from Jazz

Wow! Here is a comprehensive bringing together of thoughts and practices involved in creating knowledge through doing systemic social constructionist research. A rich and inspiring resource for the practitioner. Enjoy your research activity!
Peter Lang and Susan Lang, KCC systemic pioneers, London, UK

This important book has assembled leading thinkers and researchers to usher in greater coherence to the imaginative thinking that has emerged as the postmodern social constructionist shift is applied to practitioner research.
Peter Stratton, Emeritus Professor of Family Therapy, University of Leeds, UK

Table of Contents


Foreword
Mary Gergen

Part I – Systemic Methodology
1. Systemic Inquiry as a form of Qualitative Inquiry
Gail Simon

2. Orientations: Systemic Approaches to Researching Practice
Alex Chard

3. Collaborative-Dialogue Based Research as Everyday Practice: Questioning our Myths
Harlene Anderson

5. Research as Relational Practice. Exploring Modes of Inquiry
Sheila McNamee

6. Methods for Practitioners in Inquiring into “the Stuff” of Everyday Life and its Continuous Co-Emergent Development
John Shotter

Part II – Innovations in Systemic Inquiry
7. A Solidarity Approach: The Rhizome & Messy Inquiry
Vikki Reynolds

8. Performative Practices, Performative Relationships - In and as Emergent Research
Saliha Bava

9. Reporting From Inside the Emerging Process of Becoming Research Consultants
Jacob Storch & Karina Solsø

10. Writing Essays as Dialogical Inquiry
Lisen Kebbe

11. Conversational Reflexivity and Researching Practice
Kevin Barge, Carsten Hornstrup & Rebecca Gill

12. The Impact of Dialogical Participatory Action Research (DPAR). Riding in the Peloton of Dialogical Collaboration
Ann-Margreth Olsson

13. Pragmatic Inquiry as a Research Method for Knowledge Creation in Organisations
Andreas Juhl

14. Using Coordinated Management of Meaning to Define Systemic Reflexivity as a Research Position
Christine Oliver

15. Research as Daily Practice
Sally St George & Dan Wulff

About the Editor(s)

Gail Simon, DProf, is a systemic therapist with The Pink Practice, UK, a founding editor of Murmurations: Journal of Transformative Systemic Practice and co-director of Everything is Connected Press CIC

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