Further Researching Beneath the Surface

<p>Contributions in this volume cover ways of knowing the dynamics of research encounters new methods of psycho-social inquiry and the first-hand experience of being a researcher. Since the first volume of <i>Researching Beneath the Surface</i> was published by Karnac in 2009 psycho-social research has become more established but is also more scrutinised by a new generation of researchers practitioners and clinicians. This volume offers a timely exploration of the latest developments in psycho-social research bringing together a series of papers in which both longstanding contributors to the field and new researchers explore tensions possibilities and innovations in psycho-socially inspired research.</p><p>Showcasing advances in psycho-social research methods the book focuses on methodological dilemmas innovations in method and methodology and on experiences of conducting psycho-social research in challenging contexts. It also focusses on the contested but pivotal role of psychoanalysis in psycho-social research and explores what can be added by transdisciplinary use of deep ecology continental philosophy and relational approaches as alternative or supplementary ways of knowing.</p><p>Further Researching Beneath the Surface: Psycho-social Research Methods in Practice offers fresh insight into the practical and emotional issues of conducting oneself as a psycho-social researcher and learning from experience. It will be of great interest to psycho-social qualitative organisational and psychoanalytically-oriented researchers as well as postgraduate students in these fields.</p>