TY - JOUR
T1 - Purposeful Entanglements: A New Materialist Analysis of Transformative Interviews
AU - Marn, Travis M.
AU - Wolgemuth, Jennifer R.
PY - 2016/1/1
Y1 - 2016/1/1
N2 - In this article, we explore transformative interviewing through the lens of new materialism. Rather than viewing transformation through a humanist perspective that centralizes a transcendent self, we draw upon Barad’s agential realism to reconsider transformation following the ontological turn. Thinking with agential realism, we engaged two interview studies, one on biracialism and one on masculinity, to demonstrate how the materiality of our interviews (e.g., research bodies, computer programs, questionnaires) intra-acted with our participants to both facilitate and hinder our attempts at transformation. We conclude by theorizing transformation as a type of purposeful entanglement that proceeds from the material-discursive intra-actions of our inquiries.
AB - In this article, we explore transformative interviewing through the lens of new materialism. Rather than viewing transformation through a humanist perspective that centralizes a transcendent self, we draw upon Barad’s agential realism to reconsider transformation following the ontological turn. Thinking with agential realism, we engaged two interview studies, one on biracialism and one on masculinity, to demonstrate how the materiality of our interviews (e.g., research bodies, computer programs, questionnaires) intra-acted with our participants to both facilitate and hinder our attempts at transformation. We conclude by theorizing transformation as a type of purposeful entanglement that proceeds from the material-discursive intra-actions of our inquiries.
UR - https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/esf_facpub/171
UR - https://doi.org/10.1177/1077800416659085
U2 - 10.1177/1077800416659085
DO - 10.1177/1077800416659085
M3 - Article
JO - Qualitative Inquiry
JF - Qualitative Inquiry
ER -