... in the school’s ontological network. Findings The study highlights how the school’s singular educational practices and relationships emerge and persist within the constraints of institutional regulations. It demonstrates how engaging diverse perspectives—ranging from teachers and educationalists to rivers...

... ontological and epistemological standpoints influences their approach to thematic analysis. Design/methodology/approach This paper considers aspects of the work that has been done around thematic analysis to guide future potential users. The flexibility, recipe-like use and ease of thematic analysis...

... in the context of re-reading ontology as a signifying presence from which to address, contest and rearticulate the methodological norm in qualitative enquiry. Findings The paper suggests that it is relevant to attend to the ways, in which qualitative researchers, in the process of making the Other culturally...