Using refusal methodology in a participatory action research (PAR) mixed-methods study / Soma de Bourbon, Miranda Worthen, Michael Dao.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bourbon, Soma de, author.

Worthen, Miranda, author.

Dao, Michael, author.

Series:

SAGE Research methods: diversifying and decolonizing research.

SAGE Research methods: diversifying and decolonizing research

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Community-based research.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

London : SAGE Publications Ltd, 2024.

Summary:

Over the past decade, research methodologies in some academic disciplines, such as public health and some social sciences, have acknowledged the importance of methodologies that shift from a top-down to more collaborative research models, such as Community-based Participatory Research (CBPR) and Participatory Action Research (PAR). Researchers who use CBPR and PAR underscore the importance of centering the voices of the people who are most affected by the "problems" being researched, but do researchers go far enough to share power with community collaborators and study participants? This paper discusses the benefit of centering Tuck and Yang's refusal methodology when doing PAR research. We provide a case study of how we did this work in our community partnership with Sacred Heart Community Services (SHCS) in our collaborative research project on policing and community safety in San José, California. We will highlight some of the many instances where we needed to take a step back from the research to make sure it would not harm communities who had historically been harmed by research, particularly Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer/Questioning, and Intersex (LGBTQI), Black, and Indigenous folks. In addition, we demonstrate how these pauses ensured the time needed for collaboration with SHCS on critical research decisions. We illustrate the complexity and possible benefit of adding refusal to PAR studies. In doing so, we highlight how refusal is a methodology in participatory research that enriches the research process.

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ISBN:

1-5296-9055-2

9781529690552

OCLC:

1428170233