McCormack, David
(2014)
Trína chéile: Reflections on journaling in the border country of
doctoral research.
Studies in the Education of Adults, 46 (2).
pp. 163-176.
ISSN 0266-0830
Abstract
In this paper I reflect autoethnographically on my experiences of
writing as part of a professional doctorate. I draw on the research
journals that I kept during a particularly challenging time in the
dissertation process and in particular on the method of journal
writing that I used to help me through this time. This storied
account offers an insight into the experience of being trína chéile,
or all over the place, in the border country of adult learning. The
discovery of negative capability and metaphoric sensibility
emerge as significant supports on the journey. Encountering the
work of Cixous during the dissertation and the work of Milner after
its completion were key aspects of the thinking process. In this
way writing is seen as a method of self-support in the border
country of dissertation writing, one that supports emergent
learning and that acts as an epistemological resource in using
writing processes that are congruent with the discipline of adult
education.
| Item Type: |
Article
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| Keywords: |
autoethnography;
border country;
embodied knowledge;
research journals; |
| Academic Unit: |
Faculty of Social Sciences > Adult and Community Education |
| Item ID: |
7874 |
| Depositing User: |
David McCormack
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| Date Deposited: |
06 Feb 2017 15:17 |
| Journal or Publication Title: |
Studies in the Education of Adults |
| Publisher: |
National Institute of Adult Continuing Education |
| Refereed: |
Yes |
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| Use Licence: |
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