Description
Book SynopsisThis 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.
Table of 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
- References
