Narrative experiments and imaginative inquiry

Noel Gough
South African Journal of Education   unpublished
In this semi-autobiographical essay I explore the representation and performance of imaginative inquiry practices in educational inquiry and other disciplines , with particular reference to 'thought experiments' in the natural sciences and comparable practices in the arts, humanities, and social sciences. I share a number of experiences of writing as a mode of educational inquiry, with particular reference to narrative experiments inspired by Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari's figuration of
more » ... rhizome-a process characterised as rhizosemiotic play-and demonstrate the generativity of intertextual readings of selected fictions in catalysing them.
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