Rocks Along the River: Developing Culturally Responsive and Socially Responsible Research Methods

Session Submission Type: Symposium

Abstract

Critically aware of the inherent power of the researcher and the Freirian notion that any program that fails to respect the people's view constitutes cultural invasion, five researchers used indigenous, feminist, and non-Western framework for developing research-specific, qualitative methodologies that challenge and transform traditional academic research practices. These researchers articulate their processes of developing and implementing Culturally Responsive and Socially Responsible (CRSR) research methods, designed with the desire to respect and honor the voices and culture of the participants and includes themes of reciprocity, collaboration, decolonizing, self-interrogation, and honoring multiple ways of knowing. Each presenter addresses how her work relates to self-interrogation, seeking collaboration, forming relationships, and co-constructed knowledge and how the connection to these themes has transformed their research.

Sub Unit

• SIG-Paulo Freire, Critical Pedagogy, and Emancipation

Chair

• Veronica E. Bloomfield, Chapman University

Papers

• Kaupapa Māori: The Research Experiences of a Research Whānau of Interest - Mere Berryman, University of Waikato

• Conversion Experiences of American Muslims in the United States: Bridging the Distance Between White Male Subject and Brown Female Researcher Through Use of a Culturally Responsive Design - Dina M. Eletreby, Chapman University

• An Aesthetic Methodology of Culturally Responsive Socially Responsible Research Practice - Debora Joy Nodelman, Chapman University

• Learning to Follow: An Ethnographer’s Tales of Engagement - Lilia D. Monzo, Chapman University

• Love as a Way of Knowing: The Transformative Power of Love in Culturally Responsive, Socially Responsible (CRSR) Methodologies - Norma Valenzuela, Chapman University

Discussant

• Suzanne SooHoo, Chapman University