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... relationality at the centre of inquiry and suggests a diffractive methodology as a suitable means for researching this relationality. In a diffractive analysis, different insights, such as texts, concepts or fragments from empirical material, are read through one another, and attention is paid to what and where...

... of relationships, threaded through the entire research process, between the researcher and the researched concern, participants, data, data analysis and audience. The foundations of qualitative inquiry, across all paradigms, demand an engaged, committed researcher attending iteratively and with care – relationally...

... education. Drawing Todd's (2003, 2011a, b) concepts of “the crossroads”, “becoming present” and “relationality” in conversation with Barad's (2003, 2007, 2012) ideas around relationality and intra-activity, the paper explores how “difference” in team research might be re-conceptualised. The aim...