Abstract
Drawing on our experience of working together as student and supervisor, and of being from contrasting cultures and contexts (minority ethnic Mauritian woman and white British man), we present a co-constructed narrative of intersubjective becoming. Framed by a post-qualitative paradigm and a developing commitment to creative methodologies, we draw upon our email and WhatsApp exchanges, inviting the reader into an evocative conversation. The resulting assemblage highlights the complexities of working within expectations of supervision, while seeking agency and individuality in an intercultural, transnational context. In working together across borders, we become aware of our own assumptions – about marginality and liminality, about whiteness and privilege, about power and vulnerability. Our inquiry questions and disturbs the taken-for-granted, pushing into the space between student and supervisor, and in doing so, fosters a creative learning encounter. We invite others to consider the potentiality of such an inquiry – of what it can do, can provide, can become.
Presenters
Mark PriceSenior Lecturer, Institute of Education, St Mary's University, Twickenham, UK, United Kingdom Rachel Martin
Doctoral Student, School of Education, Mauritius Institute of Education and University of Brighton, UK, Mauritius
Details
Presentation Type
Paper Presentation in a Themed Session
Theme
KEYWORDS
Postgraduate Research Supervision, Intercultural, Transnational, Co-constructive Inquiry, Power, Agency
