What’s in a conference theme? Some reflections on critical realist research and its emergence in Africa over a period of 20+ years

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H. Lotz-Sisitka
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Abstract

ABSTRACT In keeping with the 2021 IACR Conference theme (Re) Envisaging Emancipatory Research, Science and Practice, this paper reviews over fifty instances of critical realist research in Africa which have sought to establish emancipatory research praxis by using critical realism to underlabour a range of applied studies in a diversity of disciplines and countries. The initiators of this research have been drawn to critical realism for several reasons, most notably its return to ontology, its interest in transformed, transformative praxis, and its potential for addressing knowledge and experiences exclusions. The paper ends with a reflection on ‘What's in a Conference Theme', returning to the earlier 2012 IACR conference hosted in Africa, and the 2021 conference’s focus on emancipatory research. It argues both for the deepening of conversations between critical realism and Africana Critical Theory; and for the grounding of these conversations in the voices and power of the people in our communities.
会议的主题是什么?对20多年来批判现实主义研究及其在非洲兴起的一些思考
摘要根据2021年IACR会议的主题(重新)设想解放研究、科学和实践,本文回顾了非洲50多个批判性现实主义研究实例,这些实例试图通过使用批判性现实主义来支持不同学科和国家的一系列应用研究,从而建立解放研究实践。这项研究的发起人之所以被批判性现实主义所吸引,有几个原因,最显著的是它回归本体论,对变革性实践的兴趣,以及它解决知识和经验排斥问题的潜力。论文最后对“会议主题中的内容”进行了反思,回到了2012年早些时候在非洲主办的IACR会议,以及2021年会议对解放研究的关注。它主张深化批判现实主义与非洲批判理论之间的对话;以及将这些对话建立在我们社区人民的声音和力量中。
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