Pithouse-Morgan, K.Chisanga, T.Meyiwa, ThenjiweMuthukrishna, N.Naicker, I.Singh, L.Van Laren, L.Harrison, Liz2014-07-152014-07-152014Van Laren, L.; Pithouse-Morgan, K.; Chisanga, T.; Harrison, L.; Meyiwa, T.; Muthukrishna, N.; Naicker, I and Singh, L. 2014. ‘Walking our talk’: Exploring supervision of postgraduate self-study research through metaphor drawing. South African Journal of Higher Education. 28(2): 639-659.1011-3487http://hdl.handle.net/10321/1098The authors of this article portray their learning as a group of eight academics who met to examine the roles and relationships of supervisors of postgraduate self-study research. In the article, they represent how through a metaphor-drawing activity they were able collectively to rethink their experiences and understandings of becoming and being supervisors of postgraduate self-study students. They used a metaphor-drawing activity to gain further understanding of self-study supervision, while also learning more about how visual methods can assist in self-study research. Significantly, in their drawings the supervisor was portrayed as a partner working with the student during the supervision process, rather than as a provider of expert knowledge. Through collaborative interactions and sharing of their personal images of supervision of postgraduate self-study research with critical friends, they were able to reconsider their practices in a reflexive manner that provided insight into possibilities for enhancing their supervisory roles and relationships.21 penCritical friendsMetaphor drawingPostgraduate research supervisionReflexivitySelf-studyVisual methodsArticle