The Research Imagination During Covid-19

Rethinking Norms of Group Size and Authorship in Anthropological and Anthropology-Adjacent Collaborations

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ID2145181
AutoresNicholas J Long (0000-0002-4088-1661, London School of Economics and Political Science, autor correspondente), Amanda Hunter (0000-0002-7089-1190, Auckland University of Technology), Nayantara Sheoran Appleton (0000-0001-6990-7004, Victoria University of Wellington), Sharyn Graham Davies (0000-0001-5348-4051, Auckland University of Technology), Antje Deckert (0000-0003-0794-9334, Auckland University of Technology), Rogena Sterling (0000-0002-5949-387X, University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand), Laumua Tunufa’i (0000-0002-9431-0768, Auckland University of Technology), Pounamu Jade Aikman (Independent Scholar, Wellington, New Zealand), Edmond S Fehoko (0000-0003-1809-5856, University of Auckland), Eleanor Holroyd (0000-0002-2993-8823, Auckland University of Technology), Naseem Jivraj (0000-0002-4911-790X, London School of Economics and Political Science), Megan Laws (0000-0002-7652-4279, London School of Economics and Political Science), Nelly Martin-Anatias (0000-0001-7946-1173, Auckland University of Technology), Reegan Pukepuke (Auckland University of Technology), Michael Roguski (0000-0003-0023-4627, Kaitiaki Research and Evaluation, Wellington, New Zealand), N Simpson (0000-0001-5260-3266, London School of Economics and Political Science), Trnka (0000-0002-4779-8035, University of Auckland)
Ano2022
Volume32
Fascículo4
Páginas351-370
Data de publicação2022-10-02
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoAnthropological Forum (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0066-4677 • E-ISSN: 1469-2902
EditoraInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/00664677.2023.2169250
OpenAlexW4323287866
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas4
Referências citadas31

This article explores some of the ways in which the COVID-19 pandemic has served as a collective critical event for anthropologists and other social scientists, examining how it has promoted new configurations of the research imagination. We draw on our own experiences of participating in a team of 17 researchers, hailing from anthropology and anthropology-adjacent disciplines, to research social life in Aotearoa/New Zealand during the pandemic, examining how our own research imaginations were transformed during, and via, the process of our collaboration. When our project first began, many of us had doubts reflective of norms, prejudices and anxieties that are common in our disciplines: that the group would be too large to function effectively, or that it would be impossible to develop an approach to authorship that would allow everyone to feel their contributions had been adequately recognised. In practice, the large group size was a key strength in allowing our group to work effectively. Difficulties with authorship did not arise from within the group but from disconnects between our preferred ways of working and the ways authorship was imagined within various professional and publishing bodies. We conclude that large-scale collaborations have many points in their favour, and that the research imaginations of funders, journals, universities and professional associations should be broadened to ensure that they are encouraged, supported and adequately rewarded

Aotearoa · Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19 · Epistemology · Function (biology · Political science · Publishing · Social science · Sociology · Anthropology · Gender Studies · Law · Medicine · Qualitative Research Methods and Ethics