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Editorial introduction

Editorial introduction Editorial introduction Introduction At the time of writing, Melbourne, the city in which I work has been put in in a “state of disaster” for the next six weeks. A nightly curfew has been imposed from 8 p.m. to 5 a.m., mask wearing has been made compulsory and permits are now required for daily travel. As the coronavirus disease (COVID) count of the newly infected and related deaths is daily creeping ever higher, the nightly news announces the unspeakable and requires of us to think the unthinkable. We are living in “interesting times” and the “interested research” in this special issue, to borrow a phrase from Stronach et al. (2004), situates analysis, reflections and interpretations of the institutional and biographical disruption generated by the COVID-19 pandemic. Interpretation has the possibility of showing significance that is not immediately apparent. Interpretation often asks of the reader to see things in a particular way, or from a particular vantage point; to see connections or implications that they did not see before. In the first paper, Symth invites a consideration of the efficacy of taking a critical stance for reimagining academic institutions and academic labour as they are being transformed by the pandemic. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Qualitative Research Journal Emerald Publishing

Editorial introduction

Vicars, Mark
Qualitative Research Journal , Volume 20 (4): 2 – Oct 29, 2020
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Emerald Publishing
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10.1108/qrj-11-2020-108
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Editorial introduction Introduction At the time of writing, Melbourne, the city in which I work has been put in in a “state of disaster” for the next six weeks. A nightly curfew has been imposed from 8 p.m. to 5 a.m., mask wearing has been made compulsory and permits are now required for daily travel. As the coronavirus disease (COVID) count of the newly infected and related deaths is daily creeping ever higher, the nightly news announces the unspeakable and requires of us to think the unthinkable. We are living in “interesting times” and the “interested research” in this special issue, to borrow a phrase from Stronach et al. (2004), situates analysis, reflections and interpretations of the institutional and biographical disruption generated by the COVID-19 pandemic. Interpretation has the possibility of showing significance that is not immediately apparent. Interpretation often asks of the reader to see things in a particular way, or from a particular vantage point; to see connections or implications that they did not see before. In the first paper, Symth invites a consideration of the efficacy of taking a critical stance for reimagining academic institutions and academic labour as they are being transformed by the pandemic.

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Published: Oct 29, 2020

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