Independent scholar, cat addict, tattoo lover
Hebt u wel eens van Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin gehoord? Ik niet, totdat ik op de Facebook site ‘I fucking love science’ een post met haar foto tegenkwam en de tekst ‘I discovered what the sun is made of. Too bad I didn’t have a penis, then you’d know that.’ Ik schrijf dit niet zo op om … Lees meer
There is a growing interest in narrative for policy making in community development. The implicit assumption in most projects is that just making stories available will increase recognition in readers and by some automatic process it will enhance understanding and therewith a community feeling. In this essay I want to explore this assumption, as it … Lees meer
We construct in this editorial a dynamic, multi-voiced narrative of the field of narrative inquiry based on the contributions by the authors. Diversity notwithstanding, we also presuppose a common theme to connect the contributions: Narrative on the move. This theme directs our attention to the question if narrative inquiry is moving and if so, in … Lees meer
Since decades, outsiders criticize The Ivory Tower for its seclusion. Today, insiders proclaim a crisis within the tower itself. Staff publicly criticize conditions for research and teaching. Here I reflect as on my experiences as an action researcher within academia and address the question of espoused theories and theories-in-use in academic practice. My starting point … Lees meer
In this article I address two interrelated questions. The first question is, what role do external PhD. candidates play in the emergence of paradigms? The second question is, if anything, what do external PhD. candidates actually contribute to the process of emerging paradigms? In order to answer these questions, I conducted an exploratory study into … Lees meer
Microstructures are networks that aim to solve persistent social problems in rural or urban areas. These are transdisciplinary networks of inhabitants, entrepreneurs, professionals, and academics who bind their forces to realize an ambition they share in the area concerned. They require small investments in governance which we expect to result in social entrepreneurship and self … Lees meer
How to explain an academic community that theorises about knowledge intensive organisations whilst creating practical knowledge about living in this community that negates these theories? I constructed a learning history of an academic business school and found some answers. Confronting the collective narrative of the organisation about itself with analyses and recommendations written for others, … Lees meer
The learning history is designed to describe the coming about of best practices, with their reproduction in mind. In this paper, I discuss the implications of this instrument and present a modified version. I use a so-called discursive learning history to zoom in on the interaction between a convergent, official, organisational narrative on the one … Lees meer
In Intermediair van 25 februari 2011 staat een artikel over evidence-based consulting met als veelbetekenende kop: ‘God zegen de greep’. Deze ‘advisering op basis van aantoonbare resultaten uit het verleden’ is in opkomst, maar nog geen gemeengoed. Desondanks zijn er behoorlijk wat buitenpromovendi die onderzoek doen naar de praktijk van organiseren en adviseren. Wat zijn … Lees meer
Dit artikel gaat in op de mogelijkheden van narratief onderzoek in het opsporen van vraagpatronen van gezinnen, kinderen, wijkbewoners met betrekking tot de kwaliteit van het opgroeiklimaat in hun wijk. Een vraagpatroon is een set van samenhangende vragen en behoeften die burgers uiten naar aanleiding van een levensgebeurtenis, een concrete ervaring of binnen de actuele … Lees meer