What's in the 'co'? Tending the tensions in co-creative inquiry in social work education

Higher education is one of many fields of practice that have undergone a so-called 'dialogic turn' whereby processes of co-creation proliferate as a means of generating knowledge. According to dialogic ideals, co-creation harnesses the transformative potential of dialogue across difference...

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Published in:International journal of qualitative studies in education 2016-07, Vol.29 (6), p.827-844
Main Authors: Phillips, Louise, Napan, Ksenija
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Academic co-creative inquiry
Correlation
Counselor Training
Dialogs (Language)
dialogue
Discourse Analysis
Evaluation Criteria
Foreign Countries
Guidelines
Higher Education
Inquiry
Integrated Framework for Analysing Dialogic Knowledge Production and Communication
neoliberal discourse
Neoliberalism
New Zealand
Social Work
tensions
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Summary:Higher education is one of many fields of practice that have undergone a so-called 'dialogic turn' whereby processes of co-creation proliferate as a means of generating knowledge. According to dialogic ideals, co-creation harnesses the transformative potential of dialogue across difference and empowers participants as co-learners or co-researchers. But what does the 'co' of 'co-creation' entail in practice? The aim of the article is to explore the tensions in the 'co' of co-creation through critical, reflexive analysis of the enactment of one particular approach to co-creation, 'Academic Co-Creative Inquiry' (ACCI), in a social work course in a higher educational institution in Aotearoa New Zealand. Using the Integrated Framework for Analysing Dialogic Knowledge Production and Communication (IFADIA), the analysis identifies tensions arising in the interplay between top-down and bottom-up dynamics in a contested terrain of dialogic and neoliberal discourses. It is argued that ACCI's and IFADIA's reflexive sensitivity in relation to tensions offers some resistance to neoliberalism in higher education.
ISSN:0951-8398
1366-5898
DOI:10.1080/09518398.2016.1162869