Research Collaboration : Relationships and Praxis

ISBN-13: 9789087901950 / Angielski / Twarda / 2007 / 198 str.

Stephen M. Ritchie

Opis

Even though collaboration is entrenched in research practices, few studies haveconsidered how the practice is enacted, among whom and to what effect.Reviewing the accounts of successful or productive collaborative-research teams inwhich collaborators report either concord or conflict in their relational dynamics,featured in this volume, leads to a deeper understanding of what it means tocollaborate. The contributing authors explore their relationships and praxis inparticular research collaborations that range from large interdisciplinary teams tointimate teams between university-based researchers who collaborate with teachersor students. Successes experienced by the contributors are discussed in terms ofsolidarity, emotional energy, trust, agency, power, and ethical praxis. It is clear fromthe studies reported here that despite recognized differences between researchersin teams, if they work with each other for each other, it is likely that they will buildsolidarity, and experience positive emotional energy and trust. The edited volume isrelevant to both experienced and early career researchers.