Negotiating Collaboration Across Differences
- 27 June 2008
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Qualitative Inquiry
- Vol. 14 (6), 1070-1092
- https://doi.org/10.1177/1077800408318420
Abstract
Through auto-ethnographic approach, this article extends contemporary debates on the need to further conceptualize and practice collaborative approaches to research. By exploring the complex dimensions of collaboration, this discussion traces the challenges of researching communities one affiliates with, particularly in relation to ethnic, cultural, and “unusual” researcher-researched positional differences. Also, by describing the dilemmas faced in translating languages spoken by respondents, the authors explain how the issues of language and representation complicate the collaborative relationships of research. This discussion proposes that investigators reexamine how they have interacted with participants in everyday contexts and aims to help researchers redefine the meaning of collaborative research across differences.Keywords
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