Are Caring, Collaborative, and Creative Research Practices possible in the Western Academy?

This paper reflects on a set of exploratory feminist research practices used by a cross‑disciplinary group of adult education practitioners and academic researchers in a recent project funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council in the United Kingdom (UK). The authors, one of whom is a paid home care worker, consider if caring, collaborative, and creative research practices are actually possible in the west‑ern academy (at least in the UK) based on their experiences in the current project. They conclude that while there are still significant changes needed, “mobilizing the feminist imaginary” from within the academy is one way to begin these experiments in creating moments of equality.