Advancing Qualitative Inquiry Toward Methodological Inclusion

A Discussion in Dangerous Times

Dados Bibliográficos

ID17814731
AutoresPenny A Pasque (0000-0001-5588-3398, The Ohio State University, autor correspondente), Rhodesia McMillian (0000-0002-2330-8855, The Ohio State University), Mianmian Fei (0009-0006-8658-0959, The Ohio State University), Kakali Bhattacharya (0000-0003-4236-3005), Durell M Callier (0000-0002-1402-4519, University of Delaware), Claudia García-Louis (The University of Texas at San Antonio), Dominique C Hill (0000-0001-8404-7954, Colgate University), Z Nicolazzo (0000-0002-6470-5080, University of Arizona)
Ano2026
Data de publicação2026-03-10
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoInternational Review of Qualitative Research (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1940-8447 • E-ISSN: 1940-8455
EditoraSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/19408447261434517
OpenAlexW7134974524
IdiomaEN
Referências citadas16

As a collective of critical, minoritized, feminist, queer, and decolonial scholars who hold multiple identities simultaneously, this manuscript advances an argument for methodological inclusion grounded in axio-onto-epistemological responsibility. Writing in a dangerous sociopolitical moment marked by intensified attacks on diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice, the authors refuse epistemic neutrality and instead approach qualitative inquiry through decolonial and reparative orientations that center lived realities as sites of legitimate knowledge production. Rather than seeking permission to exist within dominant methodological paradigms, the scholars engage research unapologetically from their situated perspectives, affirming that integrity, accountability, and relationality are foundational—not ancillary—to rigorous inquiry. The manuscript is organized as a dialogic essay composed of five interrelated dialogues, which may be read consecutively or non-linearly, reflecting the authors’ commitment to methodological openness and epistemic plurality. Ultimately, this work offers conceptual provocations and mentoring insights for emerging and established qualitative researchers alike, inviting the field to reimagine what counts as data, rigor, and responsibility. In doing so, the manuscript contributes to ongoing efforts to cultivate qualitative inquiry that is responsive, accountable, and generative of more just possibilities in these dangerous times

Dialogic · Ethnography · Lived experience · Neutrality · Qualitative research · Situated · Participatory Visual Research Methods · Posthumanist Ethics and Activism · Qualitative Research Methods and Ethics