Culturally Disruptive Design Research: An Ethical and Cultural Methodological Shift to Support Partnership Work

• In Event: Supporting Families, Groups, and Communities in Qualitative Research

Abstract

As partnership work continues to emerge as a leading methodological approach in education research and policymakers and funding agencies are more commonly expecting genuine community engagement in research, there is a growing demand to understand how to accomplish this work. Partnering with communities demands an ethical and cultural shift in the research process that recognizes the historical and political context of research. In this paper, we share our work that employs a culturally disruptive design research methodology. We trace across our data and partnership how this approach disrupts the inherent hierarchies that exist between researchers and practitioners by centering culture. Insights provide guidance to researchers for how to conduct culturally-centered design and implementation work with community partners.

Authors

• Breanne K. Litts, Utah State University

• Melissa Tehee, Utah State University

• Megan Marie Hamilton, Utah State University

• Jennifer Jenkins, Edith Bowen Laboratory School

• Devon S Isaacs, Utah State University

• Stuart Baggaley, Edith Bowen Laboratory School

• Lili Yan, Utah State University