Singing Our Songs, Listening, and Co-Fashioning Possibilities

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Research Article| June 01 2017 Singing Our Songs, Listening, and Co-Fashioning Possibilities William K. Rawlins William K. Rawlins William K. Rawlins is the Stocker Professor of Communication Studies in the School of Communication Studies at Ohio University. Correspondence to: William K. Rawlins, School of Communication Studies, Ohio University, 405 Schoonover Center, 20 E. Union Street, Athens, OH 45701, USA. Email: rawlins@ohio.edu. Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Departures in Critical Qualitative Research (2017) 6 (2): 101–103. https://doi.org/10.1525/dcqr.2017.6.2.101 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Cite Icon Cite Search Site Citation William K. Rawlins; Singing Our Songs, Listening, and Co-Fashioning Possibilities. Departures in Critical Qualitative Research 1 June 2017; 6 (2): 101–103. doi: https://doi.org/10.1525/dcqr.2017.6.2.101 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentDepartures in Critical Qualitative Research Search In this contribution to our forum, “Communicating Critical Qualitative Research Departures,” David Carless reflects on the self-revelations and vulnerabilities that reflexively accompany arts-based inquiry in his piece entitled “It's a Leap of Faith, Writing a Song.” In attempting to express fresh or risky understandings in creative ways like composing and singing songs, Carless celebrates the uptake of a good listener. Having his early songwriting efforts “truly heard” by his grandmother inspired him to continue his efforts and to wonder whether the “relational qualities” she embodied might serve to promote other interpretive, “arts-based or performative scholarship.” Indeed, contemplating the susceptibilities of crafting a song is a wonderful way into this meditation on the risks of creativity and learning with others—and the impacts of our modes of response for shaping arts-based and performative ways of knowing. What does it mean to sing a song that you have written to others (for the... You do not currently have access to this content.