Reflective practice and participant involvement in research

Jones, Phil; Charitou, Christos; Mercieca, Daniel; Poblete, Ximena

doi:10.1080/14623943.2019.1638244

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“…At the start of the next meeting we planned the approach to the focus group and then shared the stories and read them individually. This allowed us to use the stories to make sense of our own experiences (Jones et al, 2019). Having read them we used them as a stimulus to undertake a nontraditional focus group during which we discussed our stories, responses to the stories, challenges and issues relating to a longitudinal study.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Acknowledging that there is no correct procedure for the reflective process (Day, 2012) and that it is considered to be vague without clear definitions, selfreflection is a legitimate form of reflexivity (Tuckerman and Rüegg-Stürm 2010). A reflective approach can be described as an opportunity for "sense-making" (Marshall, 2019;Columbo, 2003) allowing for researchers and practitioners to more fully explore the meaning of their work with an understanding that there will be an impact upon the researcher, their development and their work (Jones et al, 2019). There are a number of definitions in the field (Marshall, 2019;Day 2012) but Marshall (2019) undertakes a systematic analysis in order to provide some clarity.…”

Section: Reflexivity Narrative and Autoethnographymentioning

confidence: 99%

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‘It all started so long ago’ – researchers’ reflections on a longitudinal study

Biscomb

Matheson²,

Flatten³

2020

Reflective Practice

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Media analysis is an established area of sport sociology and has been a theme for systematic investigation since the mid-1980s. In this paper we reflect on our research experiences of undertaking a longitudinal study in print media analysis since 1996. Following a collaborative inquiry framework we combined autoethnographic narrative interwoven with a focus group interview. This paper aims to document our personal and professional experiences of a research group during an extended study and shares some recommendations based on our reflections. Themes of longitudinal challenges, disappointment and sisterhood as researchers and friends are presented. By exploring our research experiences and, through them, the changes to the research area and processes we hope to illuminate our research journeys for others to critique and understand.

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Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Reflexivity Narrative and Autoethnographymentioning

confidence: 99%

‘It all started so long ago’ – researchers’ reflections on a longitudinal study

Biscomb

Matheson²,

Flatten³

2020

Reflective Practice

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“…Markets and neoliberal policies are at the heart of current waste management practice. To redress the impacts of neoliberalism and managerialism, professionals associated with the life cycle of products need to be afforded the opportunity, time, and space for critical reflection on new design possibilities (Jones et al, 2019). Current linear waste management systems in New Zealand cannot be relied upon to deliver significant waste reduction (MfE, 2021, para 1).…”

Section: Waste Managementmentioning

confidence: 99%

Product stewardship: Linking waste back to primary production

McNeil¹

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The mismanagement of waste products generated from economic activity results in environmental harm. In current globalised supply chain relationships, responsibilities for waste management become transferred. That transfer of responsibility fails to reduce waste at source, contain waste appropriately, maximise resource recovery or fund the management of products at the end of their usefulness. In response to this situation, the New Zealand Government has adopted a policy called Product Stewardship which, in principle, is intended to support the shared responsibility for the whole life of a product across the supply chains. Product Stewardship, to date in New Zealand, has been based on an industry-led, voluntary approach. Whilst voluntary approaches have enjoyed varying levels of success over the last decade, the amount of waste sent to landfill in New Zealand and offshore for recycling, has increased significantly. Onshore, landfill is supported by engineered containment of waste and is visible to communities. Offshore, recycling processes are unsighted. In 2017, the New Zealand Government began a review of the waste system in response to the contraction of offshore recycling markets. In 2020, the Government announced its intention to move beyond voluntary Product Stewardship in favour of a mandatory approach, by declaring six priority product waste streams. Subsequent to this change in policy emphasis, a number of co-design working groups have been established to develop mandatory Product Stewardship schemes, based on guidelines set out by the Government. The aim of this research is to understand how Product Stewardship can contribute to the reduction of waste within New Zealand. The objectives of the research are to: understand the kinds of opportunities that mandatory Product Stewardship may present to the community of practice, to analyse existing research on Product Stewardship and other literature relevant to this field, and to provide the researcher with an opportunity to contribute to discussions on Product Stewardship from a research-based position. A transdisciplinary research methodology has been used to reflect the diversity of the community of practice involved in the Product Stewardship space. Research data was generated through undertaking semi-structured interviews, document analysis, and participant observation. The results of this research suggests that any successful application of mandatory Product Stewardship will be reliant on a substantial paradigm shift in economic thinking to reset how waste is viewed, treated, and responded to. In the absence of such a shift, mandatory Product Stewardship runs the risk of being adopted into current market thinking, resulting in no material impact on waste reduction.

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