The interactive researcher as a virtual participant

A Habermasian interpretation

Datos Bibliográficos

ID6134450
AutoresFredrik Sandberg (0000-0002-1102-3051, Linköping University), Andreas Wallo (0000-0002-0041-9624, Linköping University)
Año2013
Volumen11
Número2
Páginas194-212
Fecha de publicación2013-05-07
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaAction Research (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1476-7503 • E-ISSN: 1741-2617
EditorialSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/1476750313484503
OpenAlexW1992637141
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas2
Referencias citadas25

This article explores the role of the interactive researcher by drawing on Jürgen Habermas’s theory of communicative action to develop the concept of virtual participant. An ideal interactive research project is used to explore the issues faced by interactive researchers in three phases – initial, implementation and conclusion. In each phase, an interactive research project is used to demonstrate the issues that are discussed. First, this article argues that the concept of communicative rationality can be helpful in understanding how mutually trusting relationships between practitioners and researchers can be established at the beginning of a project. Second, it argues that the idea of taking a virtual stand on validity claims can be used during a project to engage a performative attitude and achieve mutual understanding with actors in the practice system. Third, this article argues that the concept of the virtual participant can explain how the interactive researcher can engage in performative action without becoming captive to the practice system. The concept of the virtual participant helps to enhance understanding of the complexity of the role of the interactive researcher

Action (physics · Action research · Communicative action · Epistemology · Ideal (ethics · Interpretation (philosophy · Participant observation · Pedagogy · Performative utterance · Rationality · Social science · Sociology · Computer Science · Innovative Education and Learning Practices · Participatory Visual Research Methods