ABSTRACT
This introduction presents an overview of key concepts covered in the subsequent chapters of this book. The book explores the complexities of investigating minorities, majorities, boundaries and borders and the passion and experience of researchers who choose to work in these spaces and at these edges. It is important to unpack what is sometimes taken for granted in educational research, in order to question the foundational ontological, epistemological and philosophical positions that bring to the work. The book also explores the beliefs, motivations, passions and experiences of researchers who are choosing to work in middling spaces and at the edges of these. It talks about the complexities of investigating minorities, majorities, boundaries and borders. Sarah Loch's, 'A story of poetry and its provocative place in re-presentation', demonstrates how provocative spaces can open when creativity in research is enabled.
