It is argued that bricolage is, among other things, a practical response to a field of practice that at times constrains as much as it allows space to roam, unimpeded, across disciplinary boundaries. A core focus on questions of method, and of autoethnographic approaches in particular, is presented alongside questions of research ethics and the policing thereof by institutional structures of disciplining and audit in the neoliberal academy. Some background context on the anthropological underpinnings to bricolage is provided, alongside methodological reflections that relate the concept to ideas of 'gleaning' as a creative and performative engagement with everyday spaces as they are 'found' and rehearsed in practice. These are closely focused around the central concept of bricolage and the idea of the researcher as bricoleur. The individual contributions that make up the special issue are outlined and salient themes pulled out that address and respond to some the wider discussion points raised throughout this introduction. This paper provides an introductory overview to the Humanities special issue on 'spatial bricolage'.
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