‘Alongside but not in front’

Reflections on engagement, disengagement and ethics in action research with workers

Dados Bibliográficos

ID21189786
AutoresTodd Wolfson (0000-0002-6753-4571, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey), Ursula Huws (0000-0003-0774-1023, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey), James Farrar (Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey), Yaseen Aslam (Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey)
Ano2022
Volume16
Fascículo1
Data de publicação2022-01-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoWork Organisation Labour & Globalisation (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1745-641X • E-ISSN: 1745-6428
EditoraPluto Journals (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.13169/workorgalaboglob.16.1.0104
OpenAlexW4285142455
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas1
Referências citadas11

This article starts by summarising the history of socially-engaged research on disadvantaged groups, pointing out that many of the social research methods currently in use in the field originated outside the academy, carried out by protagonists with a mission to draw attention to injustices and bring about social change. It then discusses the often-problematic relationship between researchers and the people whose working lives they research, especially in situations where the researchers are actively engaged in the struggles of their research subjects, for example when using methods such as workers’ inquiries or forms of action research. Two experienced researchers who have also themselves been active in workers’ organisations reflect on these issues in the form of a dialogue, a dialogue to which some workers who have been on the receiving end of such research respond. The article concludes by raising some further questions for future debate

Action research · Disadvantaged · Engineering ethics · Pedagogy · Political science · Public relations · Sociology · Engineering · Healthcare innovation and challenges · Law · Participatory Visual Research Methods · Social Work Education and Practice