Collaborative Research Inquiry: A Few Entanglements, Which Take a Long Time to Work Out

Gunn, Wendy. 2019. "Collaborative Research Inquiry: A Few Entanglements, Which Take a Long Time to Work Out." Member Voices, Fieldsights, February 4.

4 Pages Posted: 3 Apr 2019

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Wendy Gunn

Aalborg University Copenhagen; Monash University

Date Written: February 4, 2019

Abstract

Karen Barad (2003, 815) has developed the concept of intra-action, which she contrasts with a model of interaction that “presumes the prior existence of independent entities/relata.” For Barad, “it is through specific agential intra-actions that the boundaries and properties of the ‘components’ of phenomena become determinate and that particular embodied concepts become meaningful.” Exploring this concept as it relates to sensorial knowledge practices and affect, I came to realize that practices of sustainable future-making go beyond spotting trends and making projections. The dialogic contexts of intra-action allow for participants to be actively involved in their own practice of learning and research. Importantly, research itself becomes a practice of future-making.

Keywords: Collaboration, research methodology, design, future-making

Suggested Citation

Gunn, Wendy, Collaborative Research Inquiry: A Few Entanglements, Which Take a Long Time to Work Out (February 4, 2019). Gunn, Wendy. 2019. "Collaborative Research Inquiry: A Few Entanglements, Which Take a Long Time to Work Out." Member Voices, Fieldsights, February 4. , Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3350100

Wendy Gunn (Contact Author)

Aalborg University Copenhagen ( email )

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Copenhagen, DK-2450
Denmark

Monash University ( email )

Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture
Caufield
Melbourne, Victoria 3162
Australia

HOME PAGE: http://https://research.monash.edu/en/persons/wendy-gunn

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