Research as resistance : critical, indigenous and anti-oppressive approaches / edited by Leslie Brown and Susan Strega.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Brown, Leslie Allison, 1954-

Strega, Susan.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Oppression (Psychology).

Physical Description:

303 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Toronto : Canadian Scholars' Press, 2005.

Summary:

This book brings together the theory and practice of anti-oppressive approaches to social science research. It is a work that will have a place in the classroom, as well as on the desks of researchers in agencies, governments, and private consulting practice. The first section of the book is devoted to the ontological and epistemological considerations involved in such research, including theorizing the self of the researcher. The second section of the book offers exemplars across a range of methodologies, including institutional ethnography, narrative autobiography, storytelling and indigenous research, and participatory action research. The book is unique in that it describes both theoretical foundations and practical applications and because all of the featured researchers occupy marginalized locations. It is also firmly anchored in the Canadian context.

Contents:

Introduction: Transgressive Possibilities / Leslie Brown, Susan Strega 1

Chapter 1 Emerging from the Margins: Indigenous Methodologies / Margaret Kovach 19

Chapter 2 Situating Anti-oppressive Theories within Critical and Difference-Centered Perspectives / Mehmoona Moosa-Mitha 37

Chapter 3 Stepping off the Road: A Narrative (of) Inquiry / Sally A. Kimpson 73

Chapter 4 Putting Ourselves Forward: Location in Aboriginal Research / Kathy Absolon, Cam Willett 97

Chapter 5 Interrupting Positions: Critical Thresholds and Queer Pro/Positions / Fairn Herising 127

Chapter 6 Supporting Young People's Transitions from Care: Reflections on Doing Participatory Action Research with Youth from Care / Deb Rutman, Carol Hubberstey, April Barlow, Erinn Brown 153

Chapter 7 Wife Rena Teary / Rena Miller 181

Chapter 8 The View from the Poststructural Margins: Epistemology and Methodology Reconsidered / Susan Strega 199

Chapter 9 Honouring the Oral Traditions of My Ancestors through Storytelling / Qwul'sih'yah'maht, Robina Anne Thomas 237

Chapter 10 Becoming an Anti-oppressive Researcher / Karen Potts, Leslie Brown 255.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1551302756

OCLC:

59136434