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“In conversation with a generous South African research community, an ethics of re- turning and staying- with is beautifully unfolded on agential realist philosophy and concepts and a diverse empirical material.” Malou Juelskjær, Danish School of Education, Aarhus University, Copenhagen, Denmark “This innovative collection of essays brings Karen Barad’s agential realism to life in the context of South African higher education. Drawing the reader in through playful, performative exchanges, the contributions creatively reimagine multidiscip- linary research and rebuild pedagogical practices.” Astrid Schrader, University of Exeter, UK “What does it mean to make agential realism a thinking, writing, and collaborative practice? The book addresses this question with immense care guided by deep con- cern for de/ colonializing education in the South African context.” Magdalena Górska, Department of Media and Culture Studies, Utrecht University, Netherlands IN CONVERSATION WITH KAREN BARAD In Conversation with Karen Barad: Doings of Agential Realism is an accessible introduction to Karen Barad’s agential realist philosophy. The authors take on a unique approach to involve the readers in in/f ormal conversations between Karen, postgraduate and other researchers at a research event held in 2017 in Cape Town, South Africa. It features chapters that have been contributed by seminar delegates and organisers, which put forth the continuing impact that Karen Barad has had on their empirical work, research writing and drawing practices. The text further discusses the ethical and political significance of Karen’s work, especially in the context of de/ colonising South African higher education. The chapters offer a series of worked posthumanist pedagogical examples and describe how a research seminar was organised differently and more in line with Baradian radical philosophy. At its heart, this book makes a methodological and pedagogical contribution to the surge in literature on agential realism, whilst simultaneously challenging dominant research binaries and arguing for a more egalitarian way of working together in knowledge- creation by troubling human and more-t han- human hierarchies. The book’s uniqueness is further fortified through its description of in/f ormal conversations, which are diffracted through chapters, a doing of agential realism to reconfigure relationships between lecturer and student, expert and novice, supervisor and supervised, researcher and research participants. These radical conversations are dis/ continuing. This book will be invaluable for students and individuals interested in advancing their understanding of agential realism and Karen Barad’s influence at large, as well as students and scholars interested in postqualitative methods in all disciplines. Karin Murris is Professor of Early Childhood Education at the University of Oulu, Finland, and Emerita Professor of Pedagogy and Philosophy, at the University of Cape Town, South Africa. She is a teacher educator, grounded in academic philosophy and a postqualitative research paradigm. Her main interests are in posthuman child studies, philosophy in education, ethics and democratic pedagogies. www.karinmurris.com. Vivienne Bozalek is Honorary Professor in the Centre for Higher Education Research, Teaching and Learning at Rhodes University and Emerita Professor in the Department of Women’s and Gender Studies at the University of the Western Cape, South Africa. Her research interests pertain to the political ethics of care and social justice, posthumanism and feminist new materialisms, innovative pedagogical practices in higher education, and postqualitative and participatory methodologies. Postqualitative, New Materialist and Critical Posthumanist Research Editor in Chief: Karin Murris (University of Oulu, Finland) This cutting-edge series is designed to assist established researchers, academics, postgraduate/ graduate students, and their supervisors across higher education faculties and departments to incorporate novel, postqualitative, new materialist, and critical posthumanist approaches in their research projects and their academic writing. In addition to these substantive foci, books within the series are inter-, multi-, or transdisciplinary and will be in dialogue with perspectives such as Black feminisms and Indigenous knowledges, decolonial, African, Eastern, and young children’s philosophies. Although the series’ primary aim is accessibility, its scope will make it attractive to established academics already working with postqualitative approaches. This series is unique in providing short, user-friendly, affordable books that support post- graduate students and academics across disciplines and faculties in higher education. The series is supported by its own website with videos, images, and other forms of 3D transmodal expression of ideas – provocations for research courses. More resources for the books in the series are available on the series website, www. postqualitativeresearch.com. If you are interested in submitting a proposal for the series, please write to the Chief Editor, Professor Karin Murris: [email protected]; [email protected]. Other volumes in this series include: Navigating the Postqualitative, New Materialist and Critical Posthumanist Terrain Across Disciplines An Introductory Guide Karin Murris A Glossary for Doing Postqualitative, New Materialist and Critical Posthumanist Research Across Disciplines Karin Murris In Conversation with Karen Barad: Doings of Agential Realism Karin Murris and Vivienne Bozalek Edge Entanglements with Mental Health Allyship, Research, and Practice A Postqualitative Cartography Tim Barlott and Jenny Setchell For a full list of titles in this series, please visit: www.routledge.com/Postqualitative-New-Materialist-and-Critical-Posthumanist-Research/ book-series/PNMR Editors: Vivienne Bozalek (University of the Western Cape, South Africa), Simone Fullagar (Griffith University, Australia), Candace R. Kuby (University of Missouri, USA), Karen Malone (Swinburne University of Technology, Australia), Carol A. Taylor (University of Bath, United Kingdom), Weili Zhao (Hangzhou Normal University, China), and Asilia Franklin-Phipps (State University of New York at New Paltz, USA) IN CONVERSATION WITH KAREN BARAD Doings of Agential Realism Edited by Karin Murris and Vivienne Bozalek Designed cover image: © Lauren Hermann First published 2023 by Routledge 4 Park Square, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon OX14 4RN and by Routledge 605 Third Avenue, New York, NY 10158 Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, an informa business © 2023 selection and editorial matter, Karin Murris and Vivienne Bozalek; individual chapters, the contributors The right of Karin Murris and Vivienne Bozalek to be identified as the authors of the editorial material, and of the authors for their individual chapters, has been asserted in accordance with sections 77 and 78 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilised in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publishers. Trademark notice: Product or corporate names may be trademarks or registered trademarks, and are used only for identification and explanation without intent to infringe. British Library Cataloguing- in- Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library ISBN: 9781032253817 (hbk) ISBN: 9781032253831 (pbk) ISBN: 9781003282877 (ebk) DOI: 10.4324/ 9781003282877 Typeset in Bembo by Newgen Publishing UK To Karen Barad’s electrifying research visit and the radical conversations that are dis/ continuing.
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