Illusory Presence: A Critical Assessment of Culturally Responsive Qualitative Research

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Abstract

In this paper, we present the findings of a scoping review that critically explored the current methodological state of culturally responsive research within and across disciplines from the past twenty years. Through this process, we noted four interrelated patterns: a continuum of muddled meanings, (de)limited definitions of culture, discounting power and positionality, and an illusory presence. These patterns highlight an overarching lack of consistency concerning the treatment of culture, responsivity, power, and positionality within culturally responsive research. Grounded in the findings of this review, we provide implications for researchers interested in adopting a responsive approach to disrupt practices of inquiry that are culturally biased towards the onto-epistemological knowing of a white, Westernized world.

Authors

• Lorien S. Jordan, University of South Florida

• Anna V. Gonzalez-Pliss, University of South Florida

• Isabel Maria Whitehead-Adams, University of Arkansas