Just methods in revolting times

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ID5779789
AuthorsM Fine (0000-0001-5941-7247, City University of New York, corresponding author)
Year2016
Volume13
Issue4
Pages347-365
Publication date2016-08-02
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueQualitative Research in Psychology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1478-0887 • E-ISSN: 1478-0895
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/14780887.2016.1219800
PMID27812314
OpenAlexW2486145463
LanguageEN
Citations received27
References cited26

This article takes up the challenge of critical methods in "revolting times," as we conduct qualitative research on (in)justice festering within repulsive inequality gaps, and yet surrounded by the thrill of radical social movements dotting the globe. I introduce a call for "critical bifocality," a term coined by Lois Weis and myself, to argue for research designs that interrogate how history, structures, and lives shape, reveal, and refract the conditions we study. Borrowing from critical researchers long gone, W. E. B. Du Bois in his text The Philadelphia Negro and Marie Jahoda in her stunning case study Marienthal, I offer up a set of epistemological muddles and methodological experiments, hoping to incite a conversation about our responsibilities as critical psychologists in deeply contentious times, refusing downstream analyses and resurrecting instead what Edward Said called "lost causes

Critical theory · Globe · Social justice · Anthropological Studies and Insights · Cultural Differences and Values · Religion and Society Interactions

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