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perspectives, pluralism and power
Posted on 2006/03/22
I teach a unit in research to social work undergraduates in the second level of their four year degree. a key focus is on how research is both an ethical and political practice. This means that there needs to be an awareness of different ways of knowing. There are different perspectives about social problems and how they should be addressed. Knowledge generated through research is more often than not a contested process (and the 'outcome' may also be strenuously disputed by those opposed to conclusions drawn.)
However the idea of different ways of knowing can take us down a path of pluralism where all perspectives are relative and we can all agree to disagree.
I am interested in exploring more widely how to engage CONSTRUCTIVELY in the politics of knowledge as relations of power that is part of research or indeed every aspect of personal and professional and public lives.
What strategies do you use so that you can be respectful of all perspectives while not losing sight of individuals and groups in more disadvantaged positions?
How do the positions and perspectives of people 'on the margins' get heard rather than reconstructed into a version of the 'dominant' view and then dismissed as invalid or even 'biased'?
However the idea of different ways of knowing can take us down a path of pluralism where all perspectives are relative and we can all agree to disagree.
I am interested in exploring more widely how to engage CONSTRUCTIVELY in the politics of knowledge as relations of power that is part of research or indeed every aspect of personal and professional and public lives.
What strategies do you use so that you can be respectful of all perspectives while not losing sight of individuals and groups in more disadvantaged positions?
How do the positions and perspectives of people 'on the margins' get heard rather than reconstructed into a version of the 'dominant' view and then dismissed as invalid or even 'biased'?
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