Full Description
This reflective collection examines anti-oppressive research methods and the effective implementation of those methods within social work settings. Comparing phenomenological, auto-ethnographic, survey-based, and arts-based research approaches, Reimagining Anti-Oppression Social Work Research outlines the challenges and advantages of conducting research with marginalized communities and within organizational contexts. Students in social work programs will gain a thorough understanding of the decision-making processes involved in conducting anti-oppression research studies through contemporary examples of anti-oppression research applications and personal experiences within the field. Research topics include whiteness, racism, trans experiences, disability, feminism, and institutional social services, among others.
Contents
Preface: Anti-Oppression Research: Epistemologies, Principles, Directions
Henry Parada and Samantha Wehbi
Section I: Conversations and Negotiations: Processes of Engaging with Community
Chapter 1: Taking the Pulse, Making Trans People Count: Quantitative Method as Social Justice Strategy in the Trans PULSE Project
Jake Pyne, Greta Bauer, Rebecca Hammond, and Robb Travers
Chapter 2: Anti-Oppression Qualitative Research Principles for Disability Activism: Reflections from the Field
Yahya El-Lahib
Chapter 3: Critical Arts-Based Research: An Effective Strategy for Knowledge Mobilization and Community Activism
Purnima George
Chapter 4: The Use of Photography in Anti-Oppressive Research
Samantha Wehbi
Section II: Unfolding Anti-Oppressive Research in Organizations
Chapter 5: Process as Labour: Struggles for Anti-oppressive/Anti-racist Change in a Feminist Organization
Ken Moffatt, Lisa Barnoff, Purnima George, and Bree Coleman
Chapter 6: Carrying Out Research on Whiteness, White Supremacy, and Racialization Processes in Social Service Agencies
June Ying Yee
Chapter 7: A Research Design for the "Messy Actualities" of Restructured Social Work
Kristin Smith
Section III: Valuing Fluidity and Unknowing
Chapter 8: Phenomenology as Social Work Inquiry: Parallels and Divergences with Anti-Oppressive Research
Susan Preston and Lisa Redgrift
Chapter 9: Unpacking Liminal Identity: Lessons Learned from a Life on the Margins
May Friedman
Chapter 10: Decolonizing a Graduate Research Course ... Moving away from Innocence and Ignorance
Susan Silver
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