Feminist Community Research: Case Studies and Methodologies

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Feminist Community Research

Case Studies and Methodologies

Edited by: Gillian Creese and Wendy Frisby

Language: English

Published/Copyright: 2011

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Feminist community research is a collaborative, policy-oriented methodology that holds the promise of empowering the disadvantaged and building a more just society. But in the absence of critical analysis and the responsible use of power, this approach can lead to naive or even harmful practices.

Grounded as they are in fieldwork, these interdisciplinary case studies acknowledge the real methodological and ethical issues that researchers can encounter as they negotiate contested research relationships. The authors discuss the strategies – successful and unsuccessful – that they have employed to overcome these challenges. The authors’ collective experiences working with diverse groups, from immigrant and Aboriginal women in Vancouver to poverty-reduction practitioners in Vietnam, reveal that truly equitable research projects require that we question core concepts and address crucial issues such as the promises and limits of reflexivity; the politics of place, time, and resources; ethical dilemmas and emotional responses; and the way issues of social justice, policy, and social change are embedded in research.

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Gillian Creese is a professor of sociology and the director of the Centre for Women’s and Gender Studies at the University of British Columbia. Wendy Frisby is a professor in the School of Human Kinetics and past chair of the Women’s and Gender Studies program at the University of British Columbia.

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Patti Lather, professor and author of Getting Lost: Feminist Practices Toward a Double(d) Science:
Instead of papering over difference, otherness, and disparity, this book takes these issues head on. Fully engaging the possibilities and conditions of the present, this work addresses the variety of conundrums that permeate efforts toward feminist critical research with policy relevance.

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Preface and Acknowledgments
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Unpacking Relationships in Feminist Community Research
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Wendy Frisby and Gillian Creese

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Community Research from a Post-Colonial Feminist Perspective
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Joan M. Anderson, Koushambhi Basu Khan and Sheryl Reimer-Kirkham

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Feminist Demands, Dilemmas, and Dreams in Introducing Participatory Action Research in a Canada-Vietnam Capacity-Building Project
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Leonora C. Angeles

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Travels with Feminist Community-Based Research
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Shauna Butterwick

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Voices from the Street
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Jill Chettiar, Mark W. Tyndall, Katharine Chan, Devi Parsad, Kate Gibson and Kate Shannon

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Working across Race, Language, and Culture with African and Chinese Immigrant Communities
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Gillian Creese, Xin Huang, Wendy Frisby and Edith Ngene Kambere

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Tangled Nets and Gentle Nettles
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Tara Gibb and Evelyn Hamdon

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Challenging Policies for Lone Mothers
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Penny Gurstein, Jane Pulkingham and Silvia Vilches

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White Cowboy, Black Feminism, Indian Stories
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Paul Kershaw

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Inside and Outside of the Gates
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Ruth Elwood Martin, Kelly Murphy and Marla J. Buchanan

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Living an Ethical Agreement
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Colleen Reid, Pamela Ponic, Louise Hara, Robin Ledrew, Connie Kaweesi and Kashmir Besla

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Capacity Building Is a Two-Way Street
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Colleen Varcoe, Helen Brown, Betty Calam, Marla J. Buchanan and Vera Newman

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Reflections
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Gillian Creese and Wendy Frisby

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Contributors
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Index
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Feminist Community Research

Overview

About this book

Author / Editor information

Reviews

Topics

Table of contents

Front Matter

Contents

Preface and Acknowledgments

Unpacking Relationships in Feminist Community Research

Community Research from a Post-Colonial Feminist Perspective

Feminist Demands, Dilemmas, and Dreams in Introducing Participatory Action Research in a Canada-Vietnam Capacity-Building Project

Travels with Feminist Community-Based Research

Voices from the Street

Working across Race, Language, and Culture with African and Chinese Immigrant Communities

Tangled Nets and Gentle Nettles

Challenging Policies for Lone Mothers

White Cowboy, Black Feminism, Indian Stories

Inside and Outside of the Gates

Living an Ethical Agreement

Capacity Building Is a Two-Way Street

Reflections

Contributors

Index

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