Perspectives, Processes, and Possibilities: Reimagining Co-Authorship for Relational and Anticolonial Futures in Social Studies Scholarship

Session Type: Symposium

Abstract

This symposium reimagines co-authorship within educational research. As presenters describe co-development of articles and a book on relational social studies scholarship, they share ways they participated in virtual conversations and in-person retreats to collaborate with each other and community partners during drafting, peer review, and collective sense-making. The session, which offers insights for advancing anticolonial and relational theories, methodologies, and practices throughout the publishing process, will be of particular interest to scholars engaging in community-based, participatory, and relational research; publishers and editors; research methods instructors; school and community leaders; and social studies researchers. To conclude the session, attendees and presenters will engage in collective brainstorming about ways to expand co-authorship possibilities within and beyond social studies.

Sub Unit

• SIG-Social Studies Research

Chair

• Christine Stanton, Montana State University

Papers

• What Matters Most in Co-Authorship? Perspectives on Thinking, Writing, and Collective Sensemaking - Christine Stanton, Montana State University; Bradford R. Hall, Blackfeet Community College; Cynthia Benally, University of Utah

• Rethinking Collaboration: A Storied Consideration of the Challenges, Joys, and Healing in Relational Scholarship - Nicholas Rink, Buffalo Hide Academy; Robert Petrone, University of Missouri

• Co-Authorship, Authentic Scholarly Relationships, and the Need to Resist Academic Individualism - Sarah B. Shear, University of Washington - Bothell; Jenni Conrad, Oregon State University