Questions of You and the Struggle of Collaborative Life

The Authors: Nicholas Paley is Professor of Education at George Washington University. His recent books include Finding Art's Place: Experiments in Contemporary Education and Culture as well as Daredevil Research: Re-Creating Analytic Practice (with Janice Jipson).
Janice Jipson is Professor of Education at National Louis University. Her recent books include Intersections: Feminisms/Early Childhoods (with Mary Hauser) and Daredevil Research: Re-Creating Analytic Practice (with Nicholas Paley).

"'Questions of You and the Struggle of Collaborative Life' is a nuanced account of the geography of collaborative research. Elegantly written and enchantingly provocative, this book chronicles the reflexive encounters of two educators who have worked together for over 25 years. It lays bare the sinewy connective tissue of intersubjectivity to reveal the enabling possibilities and selective alliances that together gesture toward a critical pedagogy of intersubjectivity. This is a book about the tacit and embodied dimension of collaborative research; its layered intensities and iconoclastic pathways of development make it a highly original work and an important contribution to critical research." (Peter McLaren, University of California, Los Angeles)
"'Questions of You and the Struggle of Collaborative Life' is a sensitive and provocative journey through the collaborative research process of two university professors. This book explores the edges and margins of professional life in the academy and - in the postmodern spirit - does not simply evaluate collaborative research from a detached vantage point, but 'evokes' a response from within an autobiographical framework. The authors foreground the complexities of collaborative research by placing themselves within the dialogue. The book is engaging, and lively - and poetic at times. It is a perfect complement to the authors' previous work, 'Daredevil Research'. This text gives 'Daredevil Research' a phenomenological context - a life story. The previously unspoken absences become present in a most refreshing and creative dialogue. Additionally, the disappointments and conflicts of the collaborative research process are not sanitized. The authors successfully accomplish their goal of evaluating the following processes: developing a social and intellectual life; negotiating the phenomena of power, knowledge, language, and identity; and creating contexts for dialogue to occur across these diverse discursive and emotional