Methodological Diversity as Methodological Justice: Decolonizing the Periphery

• In Event: 34.079 - Roundtable Session 14
  In Roundtable Session: 34.079-9 - Diversifying Methodologies

Abstract

Students are working against marginalization in postsecondary institutions across the country by protesting issues of race, gender, sexuality, and safety, among others. In response, I consider the role of methodological diversity in fostering more inclusive pedagogies and research practices. In approaching introductory qualitative research as a potential site of intervention, I situate initial teachings within decolonizing perspectives from Indigenous communities and the Global South. By starting with explorations of what knowledge is, how it is produced, and who/what can know, a foundation grounded in epistemological diversity might increase methodological diversity. As postsecondary institutions aim to create more diverse and inclusive environments, it is timely to examine how graduate students are trained to think, learn, and do educational research.

Author

• Jasmine Ulmer, Wayne State University