An Aikidōka’s Contribution to the Teaching of Qualitative Inquiry

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2-2015

Keywords

embodiment, interaction, martial arts, methodology, qualitative inquiry, teaching, pedagogy

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

https://doi.org/10.1177/1468794113501684

Abstract

Teaching qualitative research methods on the one hand, and Martial Arts, on the other, seem to have only little in common: one is academic, and one is not; one is essentially somatic and kinesthetic, and the one is not. Yet during two decades of teaching and practicing both I repeatedly noticed a fruitful interaction between these ‘arts’, which I experienced as exciting embodied insights that shed light on both spheres. In this article I wish to ‘translate’ three concepts used in martial arts pedagogy, specifically in Aikidō, to the teaching of qualitative methods and methodology.

Was this content written or created while at USF?

Yes

Citation / Publisher Attribution

Qualitative Research, v. 15, issue 1, p. 4-21

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