Theatricalising Narrative Research on Women Casual Academics

Gail Crimmins is Lecturer in Communication at the University of the Sunshine Coast, Australia. An experienced actor and director, her research explores and illuminates the lived experiences of women. She employs participatory research methods and re-presents her work through theatre, film and written prose.

• Chapter 1. The Silence of Women Casual Academics in Australian Universities.- Chapter 2. The Limitations of Traditional Academic Conventions and an Embrace of Imagistic Communication Orienting my map to north.- Chapter 3. The Philosophical, Ethical and Political Considerations Involved in Theatricalising Data.- Chapter 4. The Plays the Thing Wherein I'll Capture the Consciousness of an Audience.- Chapter 5. A Personal Process of Restorying Lived Experience into a Proto-Verbatim Performance.- Chapter 6. A re-view of the process and impact of theatricalising narrative research on women casual academics.