Frictional Encounters: Qualitative Methodologies and Teaching Toward Social Justice

• In Event: 46.086 - Roundtable Session 16
  In Roundtable Session: 46.086-20 - Methodological Issues for a Postworld

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to reconsider teaching as a site of inquiry, and one uniquely suited for the exploration of alternative qualitative methodologies that challenge existing hierarchies of knowledge. Classroom spaces, in their inherent messiness, require methods that refuse to oversimplify. Consequently, we experiment with methodological approaches that help us discuss the ways in which our teaching towards social justice is configured in various educational contexts, and investigating how this work might be reconfigured within the theoretical space that emerges from various “frictional” encounters. Here, teachers become receptive to the diverse and never fully replicable experiences of their students, and can address the task of creating a classroom space where complex conversations can emerge.

Authors

• Tristan Gleason, University of Oregon

• Asilia K Franklin-Phipps, University of Oregon

• Courtney L. Rath, Universty of Oregon