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Dhillon, Jaswinder 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6590-9632 and Thomas, N.
(2019)
Ethics of Engagement and Insider-Outsider Perspectives: Issues and Dilemmas in Cross-Cultural Interpretation.
International Journal of Research & Method in Education, 42 (4).
pp. 442-453.
ISSN Print: 1743-727X Online: 1743-7288
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Abstract
This article offers insights into the ethics of engagement and methodological issues and dilemmas in cross-cultural interpretation for researchers who are positioned at different points of the insider-outsider spectrum. The discussion uses examples from qualitative research with Sikh families in Britain and focuses on the design of the methodology and co-interpretation of data from in-depth interviews, both during the interactive data gathering phase and the post-interview analysis and interpretation phase. The researchers represent differing degrees of insider-outsiderness in relation to the British Sikh community; one is a cultural insider (a Sikh) whilst the other is an outsider (non-Sikh). In other respects they share a number of characteristics, including gender, a history of migration, bilingualism and living and teaching in superdiverse communities which all impact on the nature of their engagement with the research participants and with each other as co-researchers. Our reflexive analysis shows that established binary distinctions and polarities in research practice, such as insider/outsider, are inadequate for conceptualising the fluidity and complexity of the ethics of engagement in co-researching. We argue that both theoretically and empirically a more nuanced conceptualisation reflects the realities of multiple researcher positionalities, interpretations and power relations.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Additional Information: | Staff and students at the University of Worcester can access the full-text of the online published article via the UW online library search. External users should check availability with their local library or Interlibrary Requests Service. |
| Uncontrolled Discrete Keywords: | ethics, qualitative research, insider-outsider, reflexivity, co-interpretation, co-researching |
| Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BJ Ethics H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) H Social Sciences > HM Sociology H Social Sciences > HT Communities. Classes. Races J Political Science > JV Colonies and colonization. Emigration and immigration. International migration L Education > L Education (General) L Education > LB Theory and practice of education |
| Divisions: | College of Arts, Humanities and Education > School of Education |
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| Depositing User: | Jaswinder Dhillon |
| Date Deposited: | 25 Sep 2018 12:43 |
| Last Modified: | 17 Jun 2020 17:24 |
| URI: | https://worc-9.eprints-hosting.org/id/eprint/7094 |
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