The Relational Motif in Participatory Qualitative Research. (February 2014)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Kral, Michael J.
• Other Names: Gemignani Marco guest-editor.; Benozzo Angelo guest-editor.; Brinkmann Svend guest-editor.; Cisneros Puebla César A. guest-editor.
• Is Part Of: Qualitative inquiry. Volume 20:Number 2(2014)
• Page Start: 144
• Page End: 150
• Publication Date: 2014-02
• Subjects: research -- relationships -- participatory; Social sciences -- Methodology -- Periodicals; Social sciences -- Research -- Periodicals; 300.72
• DOI: 10.1177/1077800413510871
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1077-8004

Abstract

The relationship between researchers and the researched is at the center of qualitative research, particularly participatory research. In this article, I describe the nature of this relationship in Indigenous communities, where there is a history of problematic research relationships. Indigenous and other research funding agencies are increasingly adding participation/collaboration as an ethical principal for research. Reasons for this are reviewed, and my work with Inuit in Arctic Canada is outlined with a focus on community participation in the research. Finally, it is recommended that enhancing research relationships and participation/collaboration should go beyond Indigenous communities to community-based research more generally. This is taking place across disciplines, including psychology, which is in need of continued progress in how research is carried out.