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Manufacturing Trustworthiness in Qualitative Research

Wed, April 23, 12:40 to 2:10pm MDT (12:40 to 2:10pm MDT), The Colorado Convention Center, Floor: Terrace Level, Bluebird Ballroom Room 2A

Session Type: Structured Poster Session

Abstract

This session opens conversations around how qualitative researchers manufacture ‘trustworthiness,’ in academic writing. Rather than viewing trustworthiness as an inherent product of high-quality research practices, we bring into sharp relief that researchers are active in the construction and appearance of trustworthiness in the writing itself. Researchers provide the appearance of trustworthiness in how they represent various aspects of the research process, including turning people into participants, eliding research events considered ‘irrelevant’, making decisions about inclusion/exclusion in research reports, editing and revising for publication, and altering writing for various audiences, purposes, and venues. In this structured poster session, scholars from a range of orientations highlight how they produce their research as ‘trustworthy’ while pushing against the notion of trustworthiness itself.

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