“Community Hoarding”: A Further Complication for Education Research?

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Abstract

In this conceptual paper, and in the context of Community Engaged Research (including Community Engaged Participatory Research), we ask the research question: How does the construct of “community hoarding” complicate education research? We define the community hoarding construct, argue that community hoarding amplifies the research’s ethical and relational obligations to community, and draw attention to the power dynamics of identity and resource access wherein community hoarding can be opportunistic, co-optive, and appropriative as well as, in certain cases, protective and beneficial. Further research on community hoarding is suggested to explore its potential for better research ethics, equity, and social transformation.

Authors

• Sousan Arafeh, Southern Connecticut State University

• Kelvin Rutledge, Southern Connecticut State University