New Book: Research Alive
Arne Carlsen and Jane Dutton have co-edited a book on generativity in qualitative research.

 

In this book, over 40 new and seasoned scholars from all over the world are contributing short stories of moments in their research practice that brought a sense of aliveness, energy, transition, breakthrough or opening up. The stories cover the full arc of the research process, from initial idea conception to publication and other forms of interaction with users of research. The book provide readers with insights about the micro-moments that compose the doing of qualitative research, that are typically invisible, not discussed and yet are wellsprings of motivation and insight.
The drivers of qualitative research resemble those of extraordinary idea work in practie firms (link til de generiske driverne), for example in terms of the importance of seeing with new eyes, preparing and perspective-taking, playing with artifacts, the relational aspects of creation, embracing a sense of wonder and the daring to face the unknown.

See table of contents and read the introduction chapter at Copenhagen Business School Press. Buy the book at Amazon