ABSTRACT
We are at the end of a writing process that has taken months, years even, to bring to conclusion. The process itself has taken the form of individual and collective action research, an experience of rich collaborative dialogue in the development of new ideas and knowledge and the production of texts: between editor and authors, and sometimes between authors themselves. But all writing must come to an end at some point: the final full stop must be written, the final text properly referenced. New ideas generated through the writing process are put to one side, to be worked with another day. ‘So what?’, you might ask. ‘What has been achieved here? What is the importance of all these fine chapters? What is their significance? Is the aim to contribute to an ever-expanding public body of ideas? Or challenge existing ones? What is the meaning of it all?’
