Researcher and Community Engagement: The Politics of Doing Research - Lin

Researcher and Community Engagement: The Politics of Doing Research

 

CHAIRS: HAVILAND, Adam and NARAYAN, Meenakshi (Mich State U) 

LIN, Ying-Jen (MI State U) Indigenous Peoples’ Perspectives on the Legal Protection of Intangible Cultural Heritage and the Politics of Research on Orchid Island.

 

HENRY, Kehli A. (MI State U) Engagement Between & Across: Working with an American Indian Community while Working through Academia 

NARAYAN, Meenakshi (MI State U) Transitioning from a Researcher-driven to a Community-driven Research: Reflections from India 

RODRIGUEZ-MEJIA, Fredy (MI State U) Reflecting on Positionality while Working with Indigenous Communities in Western Honduras 

SCHAEFER, Marie (Sustainable Dev Inst, Menominee Nation Coll, MI State U) Collaboration in Action: Building Bridges between American Indian Tribes, Climate Scientists and Federal Agencies 

DISCUSSANT: HAVILAND, Adam (Mich State U)

 

ABSTRACT:

HAVILAND, Adam and NARAYAN, Meenakshi (Mich State U) Researcher and Community Engagement: The Politics of Doing Research. Anthropological research necessarily entails engagement between the researcher and the community they work with. This panel will explore aspects of research that mediate researcher-community interactions with a focus on reflexively examining the roles of positionality, power, and subjectivity in our encounters with communities. Through consideration of issues including researcher positionality, community perceptions of research, and what researchers can really offer communities, this panel probes into the politics of doing research. Drawing on experiences with communities in Taiwan, Honduras, India, and the United States, panel members will highlight parallels and divergences in the politics of doing research in their respective locations.

 

Session took place in Pittsburgh, PA at the 75th Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology in March 2015.