Critical Evocative Portraiture: Feminist Pathways to Social Justice

• In Event: Can We Research Leadership for Social Justice in Rigorous and Meaningful Ways?

Abstract

This paper will present a methodology the authors call critical evocative portraiture. Their approach was initially used to explore social justice leadership in the actions of 23 women researchers and educational leaders from 14 countries. In this paper the authors ground the methodology in the literature on qualitative research associated with the terms critical, evocative, and portraiture. Explaining the distinguishing features of critical evocative portraiture, they offer it as a research approach that honors the complexity of powerful social justice leadership in difficult contexts and challenging times.

Author

• Linda L. Lyman, Illinois State University