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Living life as inquiry

Judi Marshall
- 01 Apr 1999 - 
- Vol. 12, Iss: 2, pp 155-171
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In this article, the authors explain what they mean by living life as an inquiry, showing how they apply notions of inquiry as method to many areas of their professional and personal activities and how research ideas are generated and tested throughout their life space.
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In this paper I explain what I mean by living life as inquiry, showing how I apply notions of inquiry as method to many areas of my professional and personal activities and how research ideas are generated and tested throughout my life space. The paper has twin tracks which reflect the interwoven processes I am describing and advocating. One is more practice based; in it I outline some of my inquiry practices and dilemmas, and give two examples from my work situation. The second track is more focused on theory, highlighting ideas about systemic analysis, influencing change, relational work, and gender. Writing the paper became an example of my topic. I therefore note features of the text which illustrate processes and practices of inquiry.

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