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The Problem of Writing As A Solution

Writing Reflexively in Poststructural Terrain

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The idea for this chapter came about in reading Richardson and St. Pierre’s (2005) ‘Writing as a method of inquiry’, which instigated a re-understanding of a key piece of writing in my research, which could be considered an accidental method of inquiry.

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Easpaig, B. (2013). The Problem of Writing As A Solution. In: Vicars, M., McKenna, T. (eds) Discourse, Power, and Resistance Down Under. Transgressions. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6209-509-0_8

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