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Publication Date: 2008
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Negotiating Collaboration across Differences
Subedi, Binaya; Rhee, Jeong-eun
Qualitative Inquiry, v14 n6 p1070-1092 2008
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. (Contains 8 notes.)
Descriptors: Teacher Collaboration, Cooperation, Research Methodology, Language Usage, Ethnography, Ethnicity, Cultural Influences, Minority Groups, Ethics, Educational Research, Cultural Pluralism, Korean, Korean Americans
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