The Shadow Manifesto

In: International review of qualitative research: IRQR, Band 10, Heft 1, S. 110-113

Abstract

When I was writing my dissertation, my wise supervisor advised me to 'aim for defendable'. In this piece, I have done the opposite. I could defend its indefensibility by framing it as an example of 'dirty writing' (Pullen & Rhodes, 2008), built to make room for the raw, uncertain, and intemperate – but that move seems a little contradictory. Rather than looking for a rational argument, readers might like to pay attention to the thoughts and feelings it provokes in them; being provocative is, after all, one of the key goals of a manifesto.