Cultivating Reflexivity: Ethical, Political, and Methodological Challenges When Conducting Ethnographic Research With Marginalized Communities

• In Event: Roundtable Session 48
  In Roundtable Session: Ethical Considerations in Qualitative Inquiry

Abstract

While scholars have produced critical scholarship about reflexivity, the relationship between scholars of color and marginalized communities is rarely addressed in relation to methods. This paper documents what scholars of color learn when conducting ethnographic research with their own communities, and using reflexivity to gain insight into methods they choose, ethical challenges, in an effort to re-define ethnographic research. Based on data gathered from the existing literature and through storytelling, we address the intricacies of intra-group relations, various challenges that include ethical issues that are raised when working with marginalized communities, and methodological decisions we make while in the field.

Authors

• Dalia Rodriguez, Syracuse University

• Hugh Burnam, Syracuse University

• Jermaine Soto, Syracuse University

• Blair Smith, Syracuse University