Agency and Articulation in Doctoral Writing: Building the Messy Research Journey into a Well-Constructed Thesis

Gina Wisker

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Agency and Articulation in Doctoral Writing: Building the Messy Research Journey into a Well-Constructed Thesis

Gina Wisker

University of Brighton

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The research journey is a messy one, full of surprises, difficulties, discoveries, hard work, beginnings and some form of closure. The thesis, whether a monograph or published/publishable articles and a theorised "wrap", is well organised and lucidly articulated; it evidences consistent theories and themes; asks questions and analyses findings; presents a coherent argument and story; and is readable, its points clear, its contribution original (enough), its quality publishable (Winter, 2000; Holbrook et al., 2006; Kiley & Wisker, 2011). In this chapter I am interested in exploring how doctoral students and supervisors transition in an iterative way between the messy rich journey and the well-built thesis, and how this well-conceptualised, well-articulated work is recognised by students, supervisors and examiners.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Research literacies and writing pedagogies for masters and doctoral writers
Editors	Cecile Badenhorst, Cally Guerin
Place of Publication	Leiden, Boston
Publisher	Brill
Pages	184-201
Number of pages	18
Volume	31
ISBN (Electronic)	9789004304338
ISBN (Print)	9789004304321
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004304338_011
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2016

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Name	Studies in writing

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Agency and Articulation in Doctoral Writing: Building the Messy Research Journey into a Well-Constructed Thesis. / Wisker, Gina.
Research literacies and writing pedagogies for masters and doctoral writers. ed. / Cecile Badenhorst; Cally Guerin. Vol. 31 Leiden, Boston: Brill, 2016. p. 184-201 (Studies in writing).

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