Researching with 'Local' Associates: Power, Trust and Data in an Interpretive Project on Communities' Conflict Knowledge in Myanmar
Researching with 'Local' Associates: Power, Trust and Data in an Interpretive Project on Communities' Conflict Knowledge in Myanmar
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与“当地”同事一起研究：缅甸社区冲突知识解释项目中的权力、信任和数据
DOI：
10.1080/13698249.2020.1755161
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发表时间：
2020
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影响因子：
1.1
通讯作者：
Bliesemann De Guevara B
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作者：
Bliesemann De Guevara B
本文讨论了在外部（北方）研究人员和国家（南方）合作伙伴的团队中进行定性解释研究的好处和挑战，后者在研究设计和数据生成方面拥有相当大的自主权。回顾我们与缅甸同事在缅甸受暴力影响社区的艺术研讨会上的合作，我们讨论了权力和信任建设的结构和动态如何影响了研究过程和数据解释。我们的反思分析表明，“通过代理”进行解释主义研究是可能的，并且可以高度丰富，但这取决于与“当地”研究合作者进行有意义的长期接触的足够时间（和资金），而这正是我们的项目所缺乏的。
This article discusses benefits and challenges of qualitative-interpretive research conducted in teams of outside (Northern) researchers and national (Southern) associates, in which the latter have considerable autonomy over research design and data generation. Reflecting on our collaboration with Burmese associates on arts-based workshops with violence-affected communities in Myanmar, we discuss how structures and dynamics of power and trust-building shaped the research process and data interpretation. Our reflective analysis suggests that interpretivist research ‘by proxy’ is possible and can be highly enriching but depends upon sufficient time (and funding) for meaningful, long-term engagement with ‘local’ research collaborators, which our project lacked.