Methodologically disrupting Whiteness: a critical race case for visual-elicited focus groups as cultural responsiveness

IF 1.5 Q2 EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH

International Journal of Research & Method in Education Pub Date : 2022-05-27 DOI:10.1080/1743727X.2022.2043844

Michael W. Moses II

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Abstract

ABSTRACT In the twenty-first century, visual media are an undeniable component of everyday culture and sensemaking of race, yet when studying racism in education, researchers rarely centre the visual in their methods and analysis. This trend is alarming considering how racialised messages and violence (e.g. the murder of George Floyd) are routinely circulated at unprecedented rates across information technologies including YouTube, Twitter, and Tik Tok. This paper’s purpose is therefore twofold: I use critical race theory to critique the underuse of visual methods for the study of race and racism as a methodological trend reaffirming Whiteness in education. I then draw upon Jori N. Hall’s culturally responsive focus groups to highlight an exemplar study’s use of visual-elicited focus groups as a culturally responsive tool to methodologically disrupt Whiteness’ hold on social science enquiry. I conclude by discussing the affordances of this visual methodological innovation for the study of race and racism. Considerations for future use and implications complete this conceptual paper’s discussion of methodologically disrupting Whiteness in education research.

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方法论颠覆白人：视觉引发的焦点群体作为文化反应的一个关键种族案例

在21世纪，视觉媒体是日常文化和种族意义的一个不可否认的组成部分，然而在研究教育中的种族主义时，研究者很少在他们的方法和分析中以视觉为中心。考虑到种族化的信息和暴力(例如乔治·弗洛伊德(George Floyd)被谋杀)如何以前所未有的速度在包括YouTube、Twitter和抖音在内的信息技术上定期传播，这一趋势令人担忧。因此，本文的目的是双重的:我使用批判性种族理论来批评视觉方法在种族和种族主义研究中的使用不足，这是一种重申教育中白人的方法论趋势。然后，我利用Jori N. Hall的文化响应焦点小组来强调一个范例研究，该研究使用视觉引出的焦点小组作为一种文化响应工具，在方法上破坏了白人对社会科学探究的控制。最后，我将讨论这种视觉方法创新对种族和种族主义研究的启示。考虑到未来的使用和影响，这篇概念性论文完成了对教育研究中方法论上的破坏性白人化的讨论。

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International Journal of Research & Method in Education EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH-

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期刊介绍： The International Journal of Research & Method in Education is an interdisciplinary, peer-reviewed journal that draws contributions from a wide community of international researchers. Contributions are expected to develop and further international discourse in educational research with a particular focus on method and methodological issues. The journal welcomes papers engaging with methods from within a qualitative or quantitative framework, or from frameworks which cut across and or challenge this duality. Papers should not solely focus on the practice of education; there must be a contribution to methodology. International Journal of Research & Method in Education is committed to publishing scholarly research that discusses conceptual, theoretical and methodological issues, provides evidence, support for or informed critique of unusual or new methodologies within educational research and provides innovative, new perspectives and examinations of key research findings. The journal’s enthusiasm to foster debate is also recognised in a keenness to include engaged, thought-provoking response papers to previously published articles. The journal is also interested in papers that discuss issues in the teaching of research methods for educational researchers. Contributors to International Journal of Research & Method in Education should take care to communicate their findings or arguments in a succinct, accessible manner to an international readership of researchers, policy-makers and practitioners from a range of disciplines including but not limited to philosophy, sociology, economics, psychology, and history of education. The Co-Editors welcome suggested topics for future Special Issues. Initial ideas should be discussed by email with the Co-Editors before a formal proposal is submitted for consideration.