Cripping Qualitative Research: Methodological Considerations in Conducting Qualitative Research with Multiply-marginalized Students Disabilities

• In Event: AERA Roundtable Session Wednesday 9:45 am - Gold 2
  In Roundtable Session: Cripping the Research: Innovative Methodologies of Disability Justice

Abstract

Qualitative research is a powerful tool that can disrupt oppressive systems and open up opportunities to reorient what counts as knowledge in education. We conducted a qualitative research synthesis interrogating the intersection of racism and ableism in schools, with a particular focus on the knowledge these studies generated for disabled students of Color. We examined how researchers framed their studies, made methodological decisions, and engaged in positioning and reflexivity. Our findings suggested ways in which qualitative research could further ensure that the knowledge we generate works toward disrupting systems of oppression in schools. We present an argument for cripping qualitative research, a framework situated in crip theory and indigenous methodologies, to enrich the ways we currently conduct qualitative research.

Authors

• Tamara Handy, Teachers College, Columbia University

• Adai A. Tefera, University of Arizona