Donna Frost

Chapter 8 266 concludes that mutual empowerment, ormerging of horizons, is possible, instead of a ‘transfer of power’. As theCCCI process evolved itmoved away fromproblematizing the power differential between myself, the other inquiry group members and the participants at the edges of the inquiry. Instead, communicating openly about the beginning situation and our own intentions as researchers, and exploring the intentions and wishes of the other as potential participant, helped establish a responsive, relational process and room for reciprocity and the co-creation of meaning. The CCCI process, then, not only enables embodied investigation of embodied praxis, it also supports the ethical and inclusive involvement, in that investigation, of people with different roles within the inquiry. Rigour of the inquiry In discussing the worthiness of this study the extent to which the methodological principles on which it was based have been realized in the ‘doing’ of the research will be considered. As well, the ways in which the practical challenges of enacting the methodological principles, as set out in Chapter 3 , have been resolved, will be discussed. The discussion incorporates a reflective account of my own role in and influence on the research. Enacting the methodological principles and overcoming the associated practical challenges The four principles underpinning the inquiry were these: collaborative, iterative investigation of a phenomenon; explicit valuing and use of diverse forms of knowledge and ways of knowing; creating conditions for human flourishing both within the inquiry groups and for those on the periphery of the study; valuing and using both critical and creative processes and ways of being. These principles meant that much of what was already known about facilitating professional artistry (Titchen, 2009 , 2019 ) was built into the process, for example the steps of both the lemniscate and the meaning making process. As Chapters 4 and 5 explicate and demonstrate, the methodological principles of an inclusive epistemology, working in critical and creative ways, and creating space for collaborative investigation were explicitly attended to within the CCCI lemniscate. As discussed above, and to some extent in Chapter 5 , the research design enabled enactment of the principles before they were embodied. Over time, the iterative nature of the research and the critical and creative processes of coming to understanding facilitated my embodiment of the principles. This is demonstrated, for example, by the three ‘walking in thewoods’ reflections at the end of Chapter 5 . Valuing of both critical and