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In this volume, the authors guide social researchers and instructors in better understanding and improving the experience of doing interpretive research. They demonstrate how emotions can be leveraged in the learning process to uncover surprising new insights about social reality and unlock researchers' imagination.
List of contents
- List of Figures
- 1: Introduction: An Experiential Approach to Learning and Teaching Interpretive Research
- 2: The Vulnerability of Creativity: An Experiential Perspective on Emotions in Learning and Teaching
- 3: Interpretive Unease: Overcoming Epistemic Doubt about Interpretive Research
- 4: 'Back to the Rough Ground': Stimulating Curiosity and Discovery
- 5: Organizing for Surprise: Transforming Methods into Heuristics
- 6: Learning to Theorize
- 7: Cultivating Imagination and Moral Judgement: Teaching and Learning Interpretive Research
- Appendix: Theories of Learning and Teaching
- References
- Index
About the author
Koen Bartels is Associate Professor in the Department of Public Administration and Policy at the University of Birmingham. His interdisciplinary research on relationships between citizens and government spans across public policy, urban studies, and public administration. He is author of
Communicative Capacity (The Policy Press, 2015) and editor of
Action Research in Policy Analysis (Routledge, 2018). He is a leading international scholar in public encounters, social innovation, action research, and interpretive policy analysis.
Hendrik Wagenaar is fellow at the Institute for Advanced Studies in Vienna, and adjunct professor at the Center for Deliberative Democracy and Global Governance at the University of Canberra. He publishes in the areas of participatory democracy, interpretive/deliberative policy analysis, commons, and practice theory. He is author of
Meaning in Action: Interpretation and Dialogue in Policy Analysis (Routledge, 2011), and editor of
Deliberative Policy Analysis (Cambridge, 2003, with M. Hajer). His current research centres on practice theory, the commons, and economic democracy. His latest book (with B. Prainsack) is
The Pandemic Within: Policy Making for a Better World (Policy Press, 2021).
Summary
In this volume, the authors guide social researchers and instructors in better understanding and improving the experience of doing interpretive research. They demonstrate how emotions can be leveraged in the learning process to uncover surprising new insights about social reality and unlock researchers' imagination.
