Fostering Social Justice Through Qualitative Inquiry: A Methodological Guide

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Contributor spotlight interviews: Dr Kim Lopez, https: //youtu.be/vEF71NM_jQc, Dr Jocelyn Scott, https: //youtu.be/qfjcbgExEJ0, Dr Brian Kumm, https: //www.youtube.com/watch?v=kchW0MDfw44&t=158s Now in its second edition, Fostering Social Justice through Qualitative Inquiry, addresses the methods of conducting qualitative research using a social justice paradigm. Qualitative researchers increasingly flock to social justice research to move beyond academic discourse and aid marginalized, oppressed, or less-powerful communities and groups. The book addresses the differences that a social justice stance requires from the researcher, then discusses how major theories and qualitative methodologies are employed to create social justice in both the process and products of qualitative research. Snapshot theory chapters introduce the foundations of theories like feminism, critical race theory, queer theory, and many more. Robust methodological chapters cover grounded theory, phenomenology, ethnography, participatory action research, and other key qualitative designs. Chapters are written by experts in the specific theory or methodology, and exemplars of the authors work illustrate this style of research in action. New to this edition: - Expanded attention to the theories most commonly associated with social justice research by authors who have put it to use - Methodological chapters on autoethnography, collective memory work, digital methods and postqualitative inquiry - Chapter Reflection Questions to help students and their supervisors/instructors apply what they've learned - Recommended readings from each author with annotations to encourage additional exploration This established textbook will be suitable for graduate students and scholars in qualitative inquiry in a range of disciplines, including Education and Gender and Sexuality, Communication, Leisure Studies, and across the social sciences. Cover Half Title Title Page Copyright Page Table of Contents Preface Acknowledgments Editors Contributors Chapter 1: Contextualizing Qualitative Research for Social Justice The Evolution of Social Justice Research What Is (Post)Positivism? The Interpretive Turn Enacting a Social Justice Research Agenda References Chapter 2: Snapshot Chapters ‘The Point is to Change it’: Marxism/Class Analysis Application of Historical Materialism to Social Justice Applications of Historical Materialism in My Work Reflection Questions Notes Recommendations for Further Reading References ‘This Is What a Feminist Researcher Looks Like’: Enacting Feminist Theories and Politics for Social Justice Feminist Theories Intersectional Theory Applications of a Feminist Theory in My Own Work: Research with Young, Divorced Women Application of Feminist Theory to Social Justice Reflection Questions Notes Recommendations for Further Reading References Inquiry for Justice: Critical Race Theory and Qualitative Research Application of CRT to Social Justice Racism is Normal and Permanent Whiteness as Property & Interest Convergence Race is a Social Construct Differential Racialization Intersectionality and Anti-essentialism Counterstories Influences on My Work: CRT & CRT Scholarship Reflection Questions Recommendations for Further Reading References LGBT and Queer Theories: Sexuality and Gender as Emancipatory Activism LGBT & Queer Theory Application of LGBT Theory to Social Justice Applications of LGBT Theory in My Own Work Application of Queer Theory to Social Justice Applications of Queer Theory in My Own Work Conclusion Reflection Questions Recommendations for Further Reading References Poised against Ableism: Critical Disability Theory (CDT), Justice, and Verbing to Disablement Application of CDT to Social Justice Tracing Histories Interrogating Binaries Theoretical Departures: Verbing Disability to Entangled Disablement Applications of CDT in My Own Work: Care Settings Reflection Questions Notes Recommendations for Further Reading References Decolonization Application of Decolonization to Social Justice Applications of Decolonization to My Own Work Conclusion Reflection Questions Recommendations for Further Reading References Post-Structural Thought: Leaks and the Incontinence of Meaning Application of Post-structural Theory to Social Justice Applications of Post-structural Theory in My Own Work Reflection Questions Recommendations for Further Reading References Posthumanism and Social Justice Research: Skating to Freedom Application of Posthumanism to Social Justice Applications of Posthumanism in My Own Work Reflection Questions Note Recommendations for Further Reading References Chapter 3: Common Features of Qualitative Inquiry Initial Design Considerations Problem Statements and Reviewing the Literature Purpose Statements and Research Questions Researcher Subjectivity and Reflexivity Common Methodologies Grounded Theory Phenomenology Case Study Ethnography Autoethnography Expressive Inquiry Historic Inquiry Participatory Action Research Collective Memory Work Digital Methods Posthuman Qualitative Inquiry Beginning Interactions with Participants Targeting Data Sources Ethical Considerations Data Gathering Decisions Interviewing Structured Interviews Semistructured Interviews Focus Groups Unstructured Interviews Participant Observation Document Acquisition Forms of Data Analysis Building Authenticity Writing for Social Justice: Implications for Representation Moving Forward References Chapter 4: Leaning into the Ambiguity of Liberation: Phenomenology for Social Justice Historical and Disciplinary Roots Strategies of Data Collection and Data Analysis Bridling and Bracketing Researcher Assumptions Entering the Phenomenological Field Data Sources in Phenomenology Deepening the Analysis of Phenomenological Data Managing the Depth of Phenomenological Data Trustworthiness in Phenomenological Research Phenomenological Considerations Related to Social Justice: Making Social Justice Happen Reflection Questions Note Recommendations for Future Reading References Chapter 5: Discovering Grounded Theories for Social Justice Historical and Disciplinary Roots Strategies of Data Collection To Review or Not to Review? Interviews Other Methods of Data Collection Data Analysis Initial Coding Intermediate Coding Advanced Coding Ongoing Methods Memo Writing Constant Comparison Theoretical Sampling and Saturation Member-Checks Grounded Theory Research and Social Justice Reflexivity as the Researcher Participants and Stakeholders Data Collection and Analysis Dissemination Conclusions Reflection Questions Recommendations for Further Reading References Chapter 6: One Day on Earth : Featuring Social Justice in Case Study Research Historical and Disciplinary Roots and Routes Doing Qualitative Case Study Research: Strategies of Data Collection Designing a Case Study Between the Concrete and the Concept: Data Analysis in Case Study Research Case Study Research to Change the World: One Day on Earth Case Study Research and Social Justice Inquiry Conclusions: The Not-So-Mysterious Case of Case Study Research? Reflection Questions Notes Recommendations for Further Reading References Chapter 7: Ethnographic Research for Social Justice: A Critical Engagement with Homelessness in a Public Park Historical and Disciplinary Roots Strategies of Data Collection Gaining Access to the Field Gaining Access to the Hillside Collecting Ethnographic Data Participant Observation Ethnographic Interviews Semistructured Interviews Photography Strategies of Data Analysis Field Notes Ethnographic Data Transformation Discourse Analysis Considerations Related to Social Justice Placing the Critical in Ethnography Researcher Positionality Other Social Justice Implications Reflection Questions Notes Recommendations for Further Reading References Chapter 8: Writing Ourselves Back into the Story: Using Autoethnography to Advance Social Justice What Is Autoethnography? Becoming an Autoethnographer: Variations, Data Generation and Data Analysis The Personal Is Political: Autoethnography Is a Social Justice Method Conclusion Reflection Questions Notes Recommendations for Further Reading References Chapter 9: Evocative Inquiry: Saving the World, One Story at a Time Prologue The Move toward Being Moved Historical and Disciplinary Roots: The Origins of Evocative Inquiry Variations of Evocative Inquiry Autoethnography Performance Text Poetry Visual Arts Data Collection Strategies Reflexive, Dyadic Interviews Interactive Interviews Focus Group Interviews Elicitation Methods The Benefits and Challenges of Autoethnographic Interviews Strategies of Data Analysis and Representation The Journey to “Between Diagnosis and Death” The Journey to “Awakenings” The Journey to “Shaking up the Family Tree” Evocative Inquiry and the Move toward Change Reflection Questions Note Recommendations for Further Reading References Chapter 10: Moving Forward, Looking Back: Historical Inquiry for Social Justice Cosmetic Surgery Historical and Disciplinary Roots Why History? History of Historical Thinking Employing Historical Thinking Historical Significance Evidence Continuity and Change Cause and Consequence Historical Perspectives Ethical Dimensions Variations (Narrative Inquiry, Oral History, Genealogy/Archaeology) Narrative Inquiry Oral History Genealogy and Archaeology Data Collection Strategies Medical Discourse on Abortion in Canada Constructions of Femininity Strategies of Data Analysis and Examples Medical Discourse on Abortion in Canada Constructions of Femininity Considerations Related to Social Justice Reflection Questions Notes Recommendations for Further Reading References Chapter 11: Participatory Action Research: Democratizing Knowledge for Social Justice What Is PAR? Historical and Disciplinary Roots Methodological Variation Engaged Acclimatization Appreciative Inquiry Indigenous Methodologies Community-based Participatory Research Data Collection Strategies Strategies of Data Analysis Considerations Related to Social Justice Distribution of Research Benefits/Resources Democratization of Knowledge Politics of Participation Questioning Dominant Ideologies Research Ethics Conclusion Reflection Questions Recommendations for Further Reading References Chapter 12: Resurrecting Recollections: Collective Memory Work for Dismantling Discourses of Power What Is CMW? The History and Roots of CMW Simultaneous Data Generation & Data Analysis Variations Collective Memory Work as Social Justice Conclusion Reflection Questions Note Recommendations for Further Reading References Chapter 13: Digital Methods for Social Justice What Is Digital Inquiry? History and Roots Methodological Variation Important Considerations for All Digitally-Mediated Inquiry How We Use Technology and Who Designed It? Techno-Sociality Knowing Your Research Space Data Collection Strategies Selective Search and Application Programming Interface (API)-Based Software Data Collection Scraping Digital Ethnography One Scholar’s Process Observation and Listening Systematic Thread Capture Data Analysis One Scholar’s Process for Digital Data Social Justice and Ethical Considerations Are the Data Public or Private? Do I Owe an Ethics of Care to the Users I Study? Conclusion Discussion Questions Notes Recommendations for Further Reading On the Influence of Technologies and Importance for Research On Digital Methods References Chapter 14: “Just Give It Up”: Embracing the Immanence of Post Qualitative Inquiry Introduction Historical and Disciplinary Roots Image of Thought, Onto-Epistemology, and Concept Methodological Variations Method of Data Collection and Analysis Frequently Employed From Design to Style The Appearance of Data Creative Enactment of Difference and Non-Applicable Concepts Non-Representation and the “New” Unique Considerations for Theory and Social Justice Reflection Questions Notes Recommendations for Further Reading References Chapter 15: The Future of Social Justice: Paradigm Proliferation Embrace Deep Interdisciplinarity Engage in Risky Reflexivity and Radical Research Create Evocative Texts That Enact an Ethical Experience Develop Communities of Friendly/Critical Participants Link Social Justice Research to Critical Pedagogy Conclusion References Index