Refusal As Research Method
So far on the citation practices challenge tumblr, we’ve thought through how we cite, who we cite, and the material structures conditioning the possibilities for citing some, but not Others. In this compelling article Alex Zahara, writing from the perspective of Discard Studies, directs our attention to ethnographic refusal as a means of decolonizing research following the intellectual imprints of many decolonizing and indigenous studies scholars (Smith 1999, Zavala 2013, Tuck and Yang 2014).
“Ethnographic refusal is a practice by which researchers and research participants together decide not to make particular information available for use within the academy. Its purpose is not to bury information, but to ensure that communities are able to respond to issues on their own terms. An ethnographic refusal is intended to redirect academic analysis away from harmful pain-based narratives that obscure slow violence, and towards the structures and institutions that engender those narratives. It is a method centrally concerned with a community’s right to self-representation.”
Check it out!
--Fi
http://discardstudies.com/2016/03/21/refusal-as-research-method-in-discard-studies/
