Exploring the Methodology of Getting Lost with Patti Lather

Authors

Sarah Fotheringham, University of CalgaryFollow

Abstract

In this article I review the book Getting Lost: Feminist Efforts towards a Double(d) science (Lather, 2007) from the perspective of a feminist social worker. Lather, using herself and her previous research with women as example, explores feminist methodological issues of loss of authority and loss of innocence as a means towards the creation of new forms of knowledge. This complex book, while extraordinarily difficult, provides the reader with a rare opportunity of getting lost – in the literal sense - in the postmodern poise while simultaneously opening the reader up to new ways of knowing. For feminists and social workers with fortitude and commitment, this book, when complete, offers several golden possibilities for methodological reflection. K

Keywords

Feminism, Social Work, Methodology, Research

Publication Date

4-1-2013

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 4.0 International License.

DOI

10.46743/2160-3715/2013.1541

Recommended APA Citation

Fotheringham, S. (2013). Exploring the Methodology of Getting Lost with Patti Lather. The Qualitative Report, 18(13), 1-4. https://doi.org/10.46743/2160-3715/2013.1541