Democratic Methodologies: Exploring Disruptive Engagement and Ethical Research
Democratic methodologies in research can be disruptive and destabilizing, challenging traditional boundaries. Issues of congruence, integrity, and ethical considerations arise, impacting the process. The journey includes participatory action research, willful engagement, and the quest for a more democratic approach in academic settings.
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Democratic Democratic Methodologies Methodologies Charlotte Haines Lyon
Democracy Democracy
PhD: Democratic Parent Engagement in a Primary School Why? Why? Initially thought was about building more harmonious relationships and removing barriers to engagement Key finding was democratic engagement can be very disruptive and destabilising. Participatory Action Research but lots of issues raised
Congruence and integrity of Congruence and integrity of methodology methodology Concern for voices being heard literature review Ethical issues around anonymity and people owning their voices Can research be disruptive and ethical? Participants disrupted my plans Drawing on Sara Ahmed s (2014) work: ideas around willful research, willful participants, willful researchers going against the common will.
The Fid The Fid a splicing a splicing tool tool Ruptures, Separates, Brings together in tension
What does this mean Podcast with Debbie Ralls and Kaz Stuart to disrupt power . Thinking about Thinking about methodologies methodologies that further that further democracy democracy It might be an over arching democratic project, it might be on a quite a small scale.
Democratic Democratic Methodologies Methodologies Network Network Explore what such methodologies might be and the questions they raise Home within the ISJ Event later this year Special Issue
Is this just Is this just another word for another word for participatory participatory methodologies? methodologies? Lots of good work and research going on at YSJ that is participatory and involves participants at different stages of the research process. Quick poll what kind of participatory work has been happening in YSJ? Is the aim to further democracy? Can it be non participatory? Eg policy analysis
Action research not always activist or democratic The father of Northern Action Research, Lewin can be criticised for maintaining the status quo. Southern Action Research much more radically political. Is it Action Is it Action Research? Research?
Methodologies v methods Methodologies v methods More than methods, potential to disrupt paradigms, approaches Plural: Intersecting, overlapping, in dialogue but also in tension with each other.
Democratising Methods Democratising Methods (Edwards and Brannelly 2017: 272) Common aim of disrupting the imbalances of power between the researcher and the researched But what about disrupting imbalances of power in society?
Transformative Paradigm? Transformative Paradigm? Prioritizes the furtherance of social justice and human rights The paradigm focuses on culturally appropriate strategies to facilitate understandings that will create sustainable social change. (Mertens 2009:10) Possibly fits within this but would want to allow for a more contingent postmodern paradigm as well.
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