Critical reflections on research methods : power and equity in complex multilingual contexts / edited by Doris S. Warriner and Martha Bigelow.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bigelow, Martha, editor.

Warriner, Doris S., editor.

Series:

Researching Multilingually ; 1.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Linguistic minorities--Study and teaching--Case studies.

Linguistic minorities.

Ethnology--Study and teaching--Case studies.

Ethnology.

Linguistics--Study and teaching--Case studies.

Linguistics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Bristil, United Kingdom : Multilingual Matters, 2019.

Summary:

This book explores the challenges and opportunities involved in conducting research with members of immigrant, refugee and other minoritized communities. Through first-hand reflective accounts, contributors explore community-based collaborative work, and suggest important implications for applied linguistics, educational research and anthropological investigations of language, literacy and culture. By critically reflecting on the power and limits of university-based research conducted on behalf of, or in collaboration with, members of local communities and by exploring the complicated relationships, dynamics and understandings that emerge, the chapters collectively demonstrate the value of reflecting on the possibilities and challenges of the research process, including the ethical and emotional dimensions of participating in collaborative research.-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Contributors

Introduction

Part 1: Language, Culture and Identity

1. I have so many things to tell you, but I dont know English: Linguistic Challenges and Language Brokering

2. Revisiting Our Understandings in Ethnographic Research

3. The Trouble with Operationalizing People: My Research with Students with Limited or Interrupted Formal Education (SLIFE)

4. A Researchers Coming-of- Age through Participatory Action Research: The Intersections of Cultures, Identities and Institutions

Part 2: Researcher Roles and Reciprocity

5. Doing Ethnographic Research as an Insider- Outsider: Reflections on Building Relationships and Doing Reciprocity

6. Researcher-Participant Relationships in Cross-Language Research: Becoming Cultural and Linguistic Insiders

7. Researching from the Margin: Challenges and Tensions of Doing Research within Ones Own Refugee Community

8. Working Toward a Humanizing Research Stance: Reflections on Modifying the Interview Process

Part 3: Relationships, Ethics, Power and Equity

9. Ethics in Practice and Answerability in Complex, Multi-participant Studies

10. Weaving Reciprocity in Research with(in) Immigrant and Refugee Communities

11. Anonymity, Vulnerability and Informed Consent: An Ethical- Methodological Tale

12. The Emotional Dimensions of Qualitative Community- Driven Research: How Interactions and Relationships Shape Processes of Knowledge Production

13. Perspectives on Power and Equity in Community- Based Participatory Action Research Projects

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781788922562

1788922565

9781788922579

1788922573

OCLC:

1082864922