Making the Most of Culture and Context
Making the Most of Culture and Context
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充分利用文化和背景
DOI：
10.1177/1609406918798434
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发表时间：
2018
影响因子：
5.4
通讯作者：
Marlize Malan
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作者：
L. Ebersöhn;Marlize Malan
旨在产生证据以解决因极端不平等和边缘化观点而产生的启发挑战的研究需要审议相关方法，这些方法可以通过尊重边缘化社会文化优势和对权力不平衡敏感来获得见解。在这篇文章中，我们提供了一些参与性方法的例子，这些方法可以发挥非西方社会文化优势，创造参与机会，尽管存在不平等的障碍。这些例子来自多个研究期刊和一项研究的视觉数据，该研究记录了两个偏远的南部非洲边境社区的老年人（n = 24；男性= 10，女性= 14）和年轻人（n = 48；男性= 21，女性= 27）的土著心理弹性。我们描述了启发方法的例子，以充分利用文化，使用(i)反映非主流社会文化观点的符号，（ii）熟悉的多元文化，（iii）各种口语，（iv）熟悉的集体主义模式，以及上下文特征来(i)在结构差异下平等机会，（ii）平等权力，（iii）尊重性别和年龄等级。我们的结论是，本土研究的方法可以尊重和利用边缘化的文化和背景，而不仅仅是对受压迫的世界观或被剥夺的背景的同情。
Research aimed at generating evidence to address elicitation challenges that arise because of extreme inequality and marginalized perspectives requires deliberation on relevant methodologies that can elicit insights by both revering marginalized sociocultural strengths and being sensitive to power imbalances. In this article, we provide examples of participatory methods that make the most of often silenced non-Western sociocultural strengths and create opportunities for participation despite barriers due to inequality. The examples emerged from multiple researcher journals and visual data from a study that documented indigenous psychology on resilience with elders (n = 24; male = 10, female = 14) and young people (n = 48; male = 21, female = 27) in two remote Southern African border communities. We describe the examples of elicitation methods to make the most of culture using (i) symbols that reflect nonmainstream sociocultural perspectives, (ii) familiar multiliteracies, (iii) a variety of spoken languages, and (iv) familiar collectivist modes, as well as contextual characteristics to (i) equalize opportunity given structural disparity, (ii) equalize power, and (iii) honor gender and age hierarchies. We conclude that methods for indigenous research can honor and leverage marginalized cultures and contexts to extend beyond sympathy for an oppressed worldview or a context of deprivation.