Überblick
Much has been written on Michel Foucault?s reluctance to clearly delineate a research
method, particularly with respect to genealogy (Harwood, 2000; Meadmore, Hatcher, &
McWilliam, 2000; Tamboukou, 1999). Foucault (1994: 288) himself disliked prescription
stating, "I take care not to dictate how things should be? and wrote provocatively to disrupt
equilibrium and certainty, so that "all those who speak for others or to others? no longer
know what to do. It is doubtful, however, that Foucault ever intended for researchers to be
stricken by that malaise to the point of being unwilling to make an intellectual commitment
in outlining methodological possibilities. The aim of this paper is to develop what might be
called a discursive analytic from Foucault?s work and related poststructural writings in order
to provide this researcher with a clear doctoral itinerary but also to do others the courtesy of
leaving a clearly identifiable trail.