Feminist community research
Subtitle: case studies and methodologies
By: edited by Gillian Creese and Wendy Frisby
Publisher: UBC Press; University of British Columbia Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Vancouver
Language: eng
Number of pages: 254
ISBN-13: 9780774820851
Subjects: Recherche; Communauté; Communities; Feminist theory; Théorie féministe; Research
Description: "Feminist community research is a collaborative, policy-oriented methodology that holds the promise of empowering the disadvantaged and building a more just society. But in the absence of critical analysis and the responsible use of power, this approach can lead to naïve or even harmful practices.

Grounded as they are in fieldwork, the interdisciplinary case studies in this volume acknowledge the real methodological and ethical issues that researchers can encounter as they negotiate contested research relationships. The authors discuss the strategies -- successful and unsuccessful -- that they have employed to overcome these challenges. The authors' collective experiences working with diverse groups, from immigrant and Aboriginal women in Vancouver to poverty-reduction practitioners in Vietnam, reveal that truly equitable research projects require that we question core concepts and address crucial issues such as the promises and limits of reflexivity; the politics of place, time, and resources; ethical dilemmas and emotional responses; and the way issues of social justice, policy, and social change are embedded in research."--pub. desc.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

Issued also in electronic format.
Table of contents: title: Unpacking relationships in feminist community research : crosscutting themes  -- Wendy Frisby and Gillian Creese; title: Community research from a post-colonial feminist perspective : exemplars from health research in Canada and India  -- Joan M. Anderson, Koushambhi Basu Khan, and Sheryl Reimer-Kirkham; title: Feminist demands, dilemmas, and dreams in introducing participatory action research in a Canada-Vietnam capacity-building project  -- Leonora C. Angeles; title: Travels with feminist community-based research : reflections on social location, class relations, and negotiating reciprocity  -- Shauna Butterwick; title: Voices from the street : sex workers' experiences in community-based HIV research  -- Jill Chettiar ... et al.; title: Working across race, language, and culture with African and Chinese immigrant communities  -- Gillian Creese ... et al.; title: Tangled nets and gentle nettles : negotiating research questions with immigrant service organizations  -- Tara Gibb and Evelyn Hamdom; title: Challenging policies for lone mothers : reflections on, and insights from, longitudinal qualitative interviewing  -- Penny Gurstein, Jane Pulkingham, and Silvia Vilches; title: White cowboy, black feminism, Indian stories  -- Paul Kershaw; title: Inside and outside of the gates : transforming relationships through research  -- Ruth Elwood Martin, Kelly Murphy, and Marla J. Buchanan; title: Living an ethical agreement : negotiating confidentiality and harm in feminist participatory action research  -- Colleen Reid ... et al.; title: Capacity building is a two-way street : learning from doing research within aboriginal communities  -- Colleen Varcoe ... et al.; title: Reflections : promises and limits of feminist community research -- Gillian Creese and Wendy Frisby.