Finding Academic Voice

A Critical Narrative of Knowledge-Making and Discovery

Datos Bibliográficos

ID2385308
AutoresFerdinand Potgieter (North-West University, Potchefstroom, South Africa,), Ferdinand J Potgieter (0000-0001-8963-3055), Brigitte Smit (0000-0002-0145-9652, University of Johannesburg)
Año2009
Volumen15
Número1
Páginas214-228
Fecha de publicación2009-01-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaQualitative Inquiry (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1077-8004 • E-ISSN: 1552-7565
EditorialSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/1077800408322792
OpenAlexW2025542755
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas3
Referencias citadas7

The narrative in this discussion article portrays the quest by two researchers to find their scholarly identity in their craft. The central issue in this narrative piece as design type of this inquiry is the space of knowledge crafting- distinguishing between adopted knowledge from the theories that sustain our thinking and the realities that they encounter in the research fields where knowledge grows in dynamic ecosystems that they wish to engage with and try to explicate and to understand. The central conundrum or the academic puzzle in this narrative is thus that they receive mixed messages about the interface between them, the researchers, the presented empirical world, and the theories from which they have learned. They are not sure where or when they speak in their own voices or portray their own identities

Aesthetics · Art · Craft · Epistemology · Identity (music · Linguistics · Narrative · Narrative inquiry · Narratology · Sociology · Visual arts · Wish · Anthropology · Education and Critical Thinking Development · Management and Organizational Studies