Crossing Boundaries

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Comment by Sunny Bose on October 28, 2009 at 5:45pm

I don't know ...... whether in this gropu u r restricting urself only to people who have mixed ethnographies ......... but as a would be researcher and a Doctoral candidate in marketing, I would like to share my experiences and observations (if given a chance) not only as a formal researcher but also as an individual whose parents come different sub-culture within the same ethnocity and whose brother-in- law from a different religion altogether

Comment by Lexine Hansen on August 7, 2009 at 9:45am

I work to bridge community development and environmental education, use mixed methods from across the social sciences, and work with water conservation programs in which rural communities, governments, and international activists collaborate. I think that's an awful lot of boundaries! Your discussions are interesting and I look forward to learning more from all of your experiences.

Comment by Jacquie Kidd on August 2, 2009 at 10:34am

Hi Kim

No, Kidd is my husband's name! I have french, irish and Maori ancestry. 11 years - good grief!! You are persistent, that's for sure.

Jacquie

Comment by Kim Murphy-Stewart on July 27, 2009 at 9:46am

Greetings Jacquie

Are your ancestors from Skipton in Yorkshire. If so we are kin.

My thesis is a pain in the arse and I wish it was finished - I think 11 years work is enough - but sadly I think the work is only just beginning.

On the basis of your post I think it would be interesting to learn more of what you are trying to achieve.

I teach for Te Wananga o Aotearoa in Porirua. If you look their website up and ring to 0800 number they will put you thru.

Cheers

Kim

Comment by Jacquie Kidd on July 27, 2009 at 7:11am

Hi everyone. I'm in New Zealand, a nurse, working on developing a Kaupapa methodology that crosses/includes deep narrative/autoethnography perspective. Issues of insider/outsider status, language and metaphor loom large! I'm involved in a kaupapa project at the moment, planning interviewer training which will provide more insight.

My PhD used collective autoethnography. Kim, your thesis sounds interesting!

Jacquie

Comment by Alexandra Cuncev on June 17, 2009 at 1:22pm

Ioan – you mention an interesting situation. I would imagine more than one level of crossing boundaries there: in terms of the different training methods the crew members would have experienced, in terms of national identity, diversity of experiences. Thus a rich environment to work and train in. I would also imagine it would be interesting to research the ways people negotiate the different identities in that space.

Welcome also Gavin and Kim. It’s interesting to see contributions from people working in very different disciplines.

Comment by Ioan Cuncev on June 17, 2009 at 8:51am

I'm not a psicho-socio specialist. So, could you tell me if a multi-cultural crew on board of a ship is a crossing boundaries pattern?

Comment by Gavin Melles on May 13, 2009 at 10:29am

Design where I currently work is very much at the intersection

Comment by Kim Murphy-Stewart on March 10, 2009 at 9:55pm

Greetings Alexandra and other crossing boundaries.

I have just joined this discussion space off the link in Kip Jones news list. My interest in this and performative research comes from my role as a Pakeha (white settler) social work teacher in Te Wananga o Aotearoa one of the three recognised Maori universities. In addition to this I will be teaching at Koraunui Marae a specifically Maori cultural space.

On top of this I am in the last stage of writing my MSW thesis "Matua Whangai - Can we invigorate an important social work concept?" where Matua Whangai was a programme grounded on Maori cultural ideas (gifts) which came to underpin New Zealand's 1989 child protection legislation. This is namely in key concepts of 'whanau hui' which has been colonised as the Family Group Conference and 'whanaungatanga' colonised as kinship care.

Just like Rowan Atkinson's take off of Maggie Thatcher - "I like curry but now I have recipe all you wogs can go home."

So that is a bit about me and my work. I hope this discussion can as something to how my work is achieved.

Cheers

Kim