I have come to the conclusion that academia is a lie, and not for the reason you might think I’d express that sentiment. The whole institution is built on the premise of being evidence-based, scholarly, rigorous, rational. Which holds true some of the time. But when we are talking about Read more…
TIL: emotions are just sensory feelings that we have all agreed to put a taxonomy around…! Who knew?
The problem I have found with qualitative inquiry and specifically narrative inquiry is that it turns out you can’t just ask people questions. There’s a huge amount of groundwork involved in intentionally crafting a conceptual space in which another human feels safe enough to give you a story. And then Read more…