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I conceptualise my work as sitting on the cusp of practice/teaching/research, thereby emphasising that through thinking-doing-being each area of expertise intersects with and impacts on another. I therefore work with participants to generate, analyse and disseminate data using arts-based and creative methods, but I also engage in my own creative work. In that sense, my practices as a fiction writer, poet, and educator as well as my activist work in response to, on the back of and as research represent an extension of her conceptualisation of research practice.
My most recent project "Disclosure dances in doctoral education" explored the lived experience of doctoral researchers with disabilities, chronic illnesses, and/or neurodivergences. In this Embodied Inquiry participants were asked to share photographs of their handbags, rucksacks, and day bags. My premise was that the contents of our bags will visibly demonstrate our lived experiences, and that by asking disabled, chronically ill, and/or neurodivergent doctoral researchers to share the contents of their bags, we can gain a glimpse into the reality of what it means to navigate disclosure in doctoral education.
I have written about some lessons learned about sharing photographs for the Photovoice Worldwide newsletter: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/step-5-option-choose-photos-sharing-hidden-power-inherent-6wgce/
