Transgressive Knowing

Lying Down with the Trouble

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.47061/jasc.v4i1.8027

Keywords:

transformative research, transgressive research, world-making, pluriverse, new materialism

Abstract

This issue's In-Dialogue represents the intentional epitomization of many conversations the Editorial Team has been having since JASC’s inception around what we mean by 'transformative'. As convenors of the dialogue Oliver Koenig and Megan Seneque invited  a small group of individuals who, in their ongoing work, have been deeply immersed in exploring research and praxis paradigms that respond ethically, critically, and creatively to the intersecting crises of our time. Together, the group set out to explore the integrity of 'research' and 'practice', their critical entanglement and co-dependence, and the nature of practices that enable worlds to be created in certain ways. Rather than attempting to arrive at a consensual understanding, the dialogue that unfolds can be seen as a mirror of the world-making practice(s) that are characteristic of transformative research

Author Biographies

Oliver Koenig, Bertha von Suttner Private University St. Pölten

Oliver Koenig is Professor for Inclusive Education and Inclusion Management at the Bertha von Suttner University in St. Pölten.

Megan Seneque, Presencing Institute & Susanna Wesley Foundation at Roehampton University, London.

Megan Seneque is Associate with the Presencing Institute and Research Associate with the Susanna Wesley Foundation at Roehampton University, London.

Bayo Akomolafe , Emergence Network

Bayo Akomolafe is philosopher, writer, activist, professor of psychology, and Executive Director of the Emergence Network.

Ioan Fazey, University of York

Iaon Fazey is Professor of Social Dimensions of Environment and Change, Department of Environment and Geography, York University.

Dylan McGarry, Rhodes University

Dylan McGarry is Senior Researcher at the Environmental Learning Research Centre (ELRC), Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa; Senior Research Fellow for the T-learning Research School and Founder of the Institute of Uncanny Justness.

Injairu Kulundu-Bolus, Rhodes University

IInjairu Kulundu-Bolus is Senior Practitioner interested in fugitive ways of regenerating a lived practice of decolonial love and a paradigm of peace with the Environmental Learning Research Centre, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa, and beyond.

Fiona McKenzie, Orange Compass

Fiona McKenzie is Director of Orange Compass and known for her systems thinking expertise and facilitation of systems transformation initiatives in diverse context globally.

Michelle Proyer, University of Luxembourg

Michelle Proyer is Professor of Inclusive Education, currently transitioning from University of Vienna to University of Luxembourg.

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2024-05-31

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Koenig, O., Seneque, M., Akomolafe , B., Fazey, I., McGarry, D., Kulundu-Bolus, I., … Proyer, M. (2024). Transgressive Knowing: Lying Down with the Trouble. Journal of Awareness-Based Systems Change, 4(1), 217–243. https://doi.org/10.47061/jasc.v4i1.8027

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Vol. 4 No. 1 (2024): Journal of Awareness-Based Systems Change

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In Dialogue

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