Egalitarian Dialogue Enriches Both Social Impact and Research Methodologies

Abstract

For decades, qualitative research methodologies have incorporated the voice of the participants in their designs and developments. Now, the increasing importance of social impact of the research worldwide has created a new scenario for qualitative researchers, in which the egalitarian dialogue could be one of the key elements. The traditional incorporation of participants into research process is not enough; we need to incorporate new components as the egalitarian dialogue in the research process to assure the social impact of the research. In this article, we first situate the concept of egalitarian dialogue and how it has been used in a great diversity of situation and areas, and second how when we use it, we can obtain both, a greater social impact, and an enrichment of the qualitative methodological research process. We based our work in a literature review in both, the main journals included in ISI Web of Science and Scopus, highlighting the journals on qualitative methodologies and revising Horizon 2020 and Seventh Framework Projects included in the CORDIS database. This literature review presents how different research groups and researchers have used egalitarian dialogue, mainly in the last decade, as an important element to reach social impact with their research.

Scientific workshops with a dialogical approach: an effective tool for introducing science into vulnerable educational contexts

“…The communicative orientation applies an egalitarian and inter-subjective dialog among all participants. This fact has facilitated and enhanced the workshop results in the schools because there is a creation of meaning when dialog is enhanced, and scientific knowledge is built with them (Roca et al, 2022).…”

Engaging with the claim of Roma people through twitter: who is behind the hashtags?

“…The specific study underwent a thorough examination utilizing a two-phase approach that encompassed both quantitative and qualitative analyses. This research process encouraged an inclusive and egalitarian exchange among the co-authors, fostering discussions and achieving consensus on the study's methodological framework (Roca et al, 2022). All co-authors participating in this study have extensive experience collaborating with grassroots Roma communities; additionally, one of them has a Roma background.…”

Overcoming Bureaucratization. Rethinking the Social Work Model in Dialogue with Roma

“…The communicative methodology is therefore the optimal methodology not only to improve diverse citizens' -especially the most vulnerable ones -lives, but also to improve science itself, as it avoids and overcomes erroneous interpretations of reality (Roca et al, 2022). It is also the optimal research in Social Work, as it is grounded on the disciplines main principles: always being oriented towards the achievement of human rights, justice, and social cohesion (International Federation of Social Workers (IFSW) and International Association of Schools of Social Work (IASSW) ( 2014).…”