Critical Performativity in the Field: Methodological Principles for Activist Ethnographers

被引:40
作者
Reedy, Patrick C. [1 ]
King, Daniel R. [2 ]
机构
[1] Univ Hull, Hull Univ Business Sch, Cottingham Rd, Kingston Upon Hull HU6 7RX, N Humberside, England
[2] Nottingham Trent Univ, Nottingham Business Sch, Nottingham, England
关键词
ethnography; qualitative research; participative inquiry; critical theory; CRITICAL MANAGEMENT; POLITICAL ACTIVIST; REFLEXIVITY; ETHICS; REFLECTIONS; TALES; EMOTION; INQUIRY;
D O I
10.1177/1094428117744881
中图分类号
B849 [应用心理学];
学科分类号
040203 ;
摘要
It has been proposed that engagement with activism might make critical organizational scholarship more relevant to practitioners. However, there is a lack of systematic inquiry into how such engagement might be undertaken, which this article redresses. We propose activist ethnography as a suitable methodological framework for critical organizational scholarship, drawing on organizational ethnography, militant ethnography, and participatory action research, to construct a theoretical framework which we use to analyze four ethnographic vignettes of our own experiences of research with activists. Our contribution is to (a), assess the methodological challenges and opportunities of engagement with activism, (b) give an account of our own experiences as activist ethnographers for others to learn from, and (c) propose strategies whereby the challenges of academic activism might be negotiated and the opportunities maximized.
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页码:564 / 589
页数:26
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