Engaging with and Moving on from Participatory Research: A Personal Reflection

Autor/in	Gristy, Cath
Titel	Engaging with and Moving on from Participatory Research: A Personal Reflection
Quelle	In: International Journal of Research & Method in Education, 38 (2015) 4, S.371-387 (17 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1743-727X
DOI	10.1080/1743727X.2014.940306
Schlagwörter	Reflection; Participatory Research; Ethics; Experimenter Characteristics; Research Methodology; Rural Sociology; Secondary School Students; Research Problems; Participation; Interpersonal Relationship; Power Structure; Research Reports; Research Administration; Student School Relationship; Inclusion; Educational Practices; Foreign Countries; United Kingdom + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Forschungstätigkeit; Ethik; Research method; Forschungsmethode; Agrarsoziologie; Sekundarschüler; Forschungskritik; Teilnahme; Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung; Research report; Forschungsbericht; Forschungsadministration; Schüler-Lehrer-Beziehung; Inklusion; Bildungspraxis; Ausland; Großbritannien
Abstract	In this paper, I respond to the call to articulate experiences of the messy realities of participatory research. I reflect on my engagement and struggle with the realities and ethics of a piece of case study research, which set out with a participatory approach. The project involved a group of young people from an isolated rural community who appeared to be disconnecting from their secondary school. The research set out to develop understanding of the ways in which young people make connections (or not) in and with school, in order to further understanding of how schools might become more inclusive. A series of reflections on moments during the early stages of the research led to a significant shift in the methodological approach. The approach of this project eventually moved away from participatory research to an approach informed by Foucault's "ethical project". Here, the focus is on the subjection and practices of the researcher. I argue that, on reflection, the "ethical project" framework was more appropriate for this kind of research, where the complexities of participatory research were reducing the transparency of complex power structures. (As Provided).
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