ERIC Number: EJ1097283
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2016
Pages: 13
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Writing a Thesis Differently
Honan, Eileen; Bright, David
International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education (QSE), v29 n5 p731-743 2016
In this paper we explore the contributions that Deleuze and Guattari have made to thinking/writing language and how these ideas can be put to work in producing a doctoral thesis. We contribute to the field of work within what Patti Lather and Elizabeth St Pierre have called the "post-qualitative" movement, where researchers attempt to "imagine and accomplish an inquiry that might produce different knowledge and produce knowledge differently". We attempt to rethink the thesis text, using a language where language always falls apart, a way of talking/writing/reading about presentation of research within a doctoral thesis that will provide the writermachine a space to "pass". The paper will provide some ideas and ways forward for writers who are attempting to deterritorialize research, who are attempting to experiment with new representational forms.
Descriptors: Theses, Doctoral Programs, Writing Strategies, Writing Improvement, Creative Writing, Academic Discourse, Text Structure, Sociolinguistics
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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