Excitement, bewilderment and emergence: exploring a life world through writing as first person inquiry.

Robert Miles Farrands.

A thesis for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy University of Bath School of  Management, Centre for Action Research in Professional Practice (CARPP) May 2007

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Thesis:

Introduction: - pdf (462kb)

Chapter 1: - Writing as an emergent process of inquiry - pdf(397kb)

Chapter 2: - Writing and my life - pdf  (429kb)

Chapter 3: - Disconnection - pdf  (604kb)

Chapter 4: - Re- thinking my situation in the world - pdf  (616kb)

Chapter 5: - Conclusions and new questions - pdf  (604kb)

Appendix: catalogue of doctoral writing from March 2001 to February 2007 - pdf (296kb)

 

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