In choppy waters with a critical friend: the benefits of intimate reflexive encounters in participatory action research.
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| Authors: | Hari, Amrita1 (AUTHOR) amritahari@cunet.carleton.ca, Nardon, Luciara2 (AUTHOR) |
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| Source: | Culture & Organization. Mar2025, Vol. 31 Issue 2, p107-122. 16p. |
| Subject Terms: | Community-based participatory research, Overpressure (Education), Research personnel, Collective action, Emotions |
| Abstract: | We explore the benefits of intimate reflexive encounters with a 'critical friend' in the context of a Participatory Action Research (PAR) project. We conceptualize these encounters as an evolving relationship between a kayaker who supports the swim (research) and the swimmer (researcher). Methodologically, we adopt a form of co-constructed autoethnography and contribute to ongoing collective approaches to reflexivity and explorations in co-writing. We demonstrate how through asking clarifying questions, probing assumptions, listening to, and validating emotions, and orienting towards solutions, a 'critical friend' can support the researcher in engaging in reflexive sensemaking. Overall, these intimate encounters reveal assumptions, anxieties, challenges, limitations, and a range of emotions involved in conducting PAR. The kayaker and swimmer harness the power of peer support and create spaces of collegiality to resist the growing individualization and ever-increasing pressures of academic work. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| Abstract: | We explore the benefits of intimate reflexive encounters with a 'critical friend' in the context of a Participatory Action Research (PAR) project. We conceptualize these encounters as an evolving relationship between a kayaker who supports the swim (research) and the swimmer (researcher). Methodologically, we adopt a form of co-constructed autoethnography and contribute to ongoing collective approaches to reflexivity and explorations in co-writing. We demonstrate how through asking clarifying questions, probing assumptions, listening to, and validating emotions, and orienting towards solutions, a 'critical friend' can support the researcher in engaging in reflexive sensemaking. Overall, these intimate encounters reveal assumptions, anxieties, challenges, limitations, and a range of emotions involved in conducting PAR. The kayaker and swimmer harness the power of peer support and create spaces of collegiality to resist the growing individualization and ever-increasing pressures of academic work. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| ISSN: | 14759551 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/14759551.2024.2383892 |
