Relational Research and Organisation Studies

6   Doing Relational Research through Roleplaying

Lone Hersted

Introduction

The previous chapter described how researchers interacted with practitioners in the field of organic farming based on a multi-voiced inquiry for team development, learning, and knowledge production with inspiration from action research. The current chapter sheds light on the development of a participatory inquiry for learning and knowledge building based on roleplaying. This inquiry also used a reflecting team, as described in the previous chapter, but emphasis was now placed on roleplaying involving experimentation with language games and bodily interaction. The practice described in this chapter was aimed at developing competencies in dialogue, relational awareness, ...