Participatory research upholding collaboration in research and practice in social work fieldwork education

Joanne Rose, Monica Short, Erica Russ, Melissa Petrakis, Carmel Halton

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Abstract

Internationally, minimum standards for social work education specified by the International Federation of Social Workers include the ability to demonstrate a critical understanding of social research and the principles, ethics, and applications of scientific
inquiry. Co-operative inquiry is a collaborative research thodology suited to field education research as, consistent with social work principles, it is respectful and participatory, and upholds the unique dignity of each person involved in the research. An inquiry process is grounded in the idea that research can be conducted with people, not on people. Co-operative inquiry highlights the principle of the equality of voices within the co-authoring process; this is made possible because students and academics have power over what is written and published. It brings students and academics together as co-authors, co-participants, and co-researchers. A community of trust is developed, combining participants' values with their professional or personal knowledge and experience.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationECQI2024
Subtitle of host publicationParticipation, collaboration and co-creation: Qualitative inquiry across and beyond divides Congress Proceedings
EditorsSanna Spisak
Place of PublicationHelsinki, Finland
PublisherEuropean Congress Qualitative Inquiry
Pages178-187
Number of pages10
Edition1
ISBN (Electronic)9789528401452
Publication statusPublished - 12 Jun 2024
Event7th European Congress of Qualitative Inquiry - University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
Duration: 10 Jan 202412 Jan 2024
https://www.helsinki.fi/en/conferences/7th-european-congress-qualitative-inquiry
https://www.helsinki.fi/assets/drupal/2024-01/ECQI2024_Programme_Final_11.pdf (Program )
https://storage.googleapis.com/smooty-1220.appspot.com/uploads/4112/1718106409_ECQI2024Proceedings.pdf (Proceedings)

Publication series

NameECQI2024 Participation, collaboration and co-creation: Qualitative inquiry across and beyond divides Congress Proceedings
PublisherECQ
Number1
Volume2024

Conference

Conference7th European Congress of Qualitative Inquiry
Abbreviated titleParticipation, collaboration and co-creation: qualitative inquiry across and beyond divides
Country/TerritoryFinland
CityHelsinki
Period10/01/2412/01/24
OtherParticipatory research, citizen science, co-creation, research creation, collaborative ways of knowing: the range of participatory approaches in qualitative inquiries has expanded in recent years, with such approaches being applied in an increasing number of disciplines as well as across paradigmatic boundaries. The ECQI 2024 engages with these developments with an aim to foster dialogues across and in-between disciplinary and paradigmatic divides. We invite engagement with questions such as: What does it mean to practice or enact participation in research? How are participation, voice and agency linked? What are the conditions of possibility for participation in different disciplines and among participants who are differently positioned in society? What unites and what separates differently labelled approaches with roots in different traditions of thought – and efforts to break free from them? Is participation always innocent? How can we work against the various hierarchising forces that shape academic research and the positions afforded to researchers and co-inquirers? It is timely to ask: Participation - but who is invited? By whom? For whom? With what kinds of consequences?

We welcome submissions which engage directly with the congress theme but also those that reach beyond it and focus on timely topics within qualitative inquiries more broadly. We also welcome submissions from researchers at all stages of their careers, including undergraduate students and doctoral researchers.

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