The Risky Responsibility of Doctoral Writing as Grief Work: Lessons Learnt Whilst Journeying with Trauma in Australia
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Mulligan, Deborah L.. 2021. "The Risky Responsibility of Doctoral Writing as Grief Work: Lessons Learnt Whilst Journeying with Trauma in Australia." Mulligan, Deborah L. and Danaher, Patrick Alan (ed.) Researchers at Risk: Precarity, Jeopardy and Uncertainty in Academia. Switzerland. Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 85-99
| Chapter Title | The Risky Responsibility of Doctoral Writing as Grief Work: Lessons Learnt Whilst Journeying with Trauma in Australia |
|---|---|
| Book Chapter Category | Edited book (chapter) |
| ERA Publisher ID | 2865 |
| Book Title | Researchers at Risk: Precarity, Jeopardy and Uncertainty in Academia |
| Authors | Mulligan, Deborah L. |
| Editors | Mulligan, Deborah L. and Danaher, Patrick Alan |
| Page Range | 85-99 |
| Series | Palgrave Studies in Education Research Methods |
| Chapter Number | 6 |
| Number of Pages | 15 |
| Year | 2021 |
| Publisher | Palgrave Macmillan |
| Place of Publication | Switzerland |
| ISBN | 9783030538569 |
| 9783030538576 | |
| ISSN | 26627345 |
| 26627353 | |
| Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-53857-6_6 |
| Web Address (URL) | https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-030-53857-6_6 |
| Abstract | Not all researchers begin their doctoral journeys from a position of physical, spiritual and emotional stability. This chapter provides an evocative autoethnographic account of the author’s traumatic lived experience, and of the impact that it had on her decision to begin a Doctorate of Philosophy. She offers this storytelling as a means of expanding the knowledge base around the much underrated sensitivities of the research practitioner. This position of insider knowledge enables her to present the lessons learnt from her journey as a series of strategies that may help others to engage with the risk for the researcher associated with experiencing the pressures involved in the multifaceted effects of ongoing traumatic loss, coupled with the pressures of producing a valuable and rigorous body of scholarship. |
| Keywords | Autoethnography; Grief work; Identity; Mothering; Trauma |
| Public Notes | Files associated with this item cannot be displayed due to copyright restrictions. |
| Byline Affiliations | University of Southern Queensland |
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