Abstract
Informed by Deleuze and Guattari’s philosophical sense of the concept, this article challenges the tendency to desire for, rationalize, and use qualitative research methodology as a day-to-day concept—a readymade habit that gets legitimized as a form of shorthand for the experience of thinking and doing methodological work. Specifically, this article purposes to (a) provide an orientation to both everyday and philosophical concepts; (b) consider the distinct usage and interplay of these conceptual practices in relation to qualitative research methodology; (c) introduce and discuss the three ages of Deleuze and Guattari’s philosophical sense of the concept (i.e., the encyclopedia, pedagogical, and commercial professional training) as a means to encounter, think, and do research methodology as a problematic form; and (d) draw on personal memory and existing research and theory, as well as the performative sculptures of Charles Garoian, as a means to activate research methodology as a conceptual practice, one that must be continually created.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 194-202 |
Number of pages | 9 |
Journal | Qualitative Inquiry |
Volume | 24 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Mar 1 2018 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Anthropology
- Social Sciences (miscellaneous)