Patrick C. Reedy
Critical performativity in the field: Methodological principles for activist ethnographers
Reedy, Patrick C.; King, Daniel R.
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Daniel R. King
Abstract
© The Author(s) 2017. 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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Reedy, P. C., & King, D. R. (2019). Critical performativity in the field: Methodological principles for activist ethnographers. Organizational Research Methods, 22(2), 564-589. https://doi.org/10.1177/1094428117744881
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | Nov 3, 2017 |
Online Publication Date | Dec 7, 2017 |
Publication Date | Apr 1, 2019 |
Deposit Date | Dec 11, 2017 |
Publicly Available Date | Dec 13, 2017 |
Journal | Organizational Research Methods |
Print ISSN | 1094-4281 |
Publisher | SAGE Publications |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 22 |
Issue | 2 |
Pages | 564-589 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1177/1094428117744881 |
Keywords | Ethnography; Qualitative research; Participative inquiry; Critical theory |
Public URL | https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/499855 |
Publisher URL | http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1094428117744881 |
Contract Date | Dec 12, 2017 |
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