Of Pods and Possibilities: Reimagining Podcasting as a Qualitative DisCrit Methodology

• In Event: Qualitative Inquiry and the Technologies of Today

Abstract

Traditionally, serial podcasts focus on a particular event's messy happenings through which we learn the story of place, space, and time. While podcasting has promise for public-facing scholarship, there is little evidence of its use as a research methodology. Here, we argue that whereas traditional methodologies might neglect the unique needs and resources of students with disabilities – the creative, culturally-specific properties of podcasting offer a storytelling approach with the ability to increase situated knowledge about living with a disability. Using writing as inquiry, we reflect on our experiences of developing a qualitative podcast project, detailing this process through shared moments of questioning, tensions, challenges, and the ethical ponderings we encountered as we re/envisioned podcasts for academic, public-facing, critical disability research.

Authors

• Kadesha Treco, University of Arkansas at Fayetteville

• Lorien S. Jordan, University of South Florida