reference, our own horizon of understanding.
(Fothergill, 1992: 38–9)Instead of attempting to induct everyone within
an all-knowing gaze, situated engagement offers
a way not only to identify differences, but also to
celebrate and revel in their limits, tensions and
transformative energy.NOTESWe wish to thank Venessa Kealy, Emma Ignjic, Leah
Gibbs, Elisabeth Ellis – especially for her discussion of
‘reaching in, reaching out and reaching across’ – Debbie
Rose, Bob Fagan and Robyn Dowling for their contri-
butions of ideas, debate and criticism that have so
shaped our own nurturing and challenging discursive
community.
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