Troubling the Troublemakers: Three Challenges to Post-Qualitative Inquiry

Aagaard, Jesper

doi:10.1177/19408447211052668

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“…Data analysis was performed iteratively throughout the study. First, members of the research team (SP, RO, NC, JS) conducted an initial theory-driven analysis, guided by principles of post-qualitative inquiry that position theory as method (Aagaard, 2021;Pierre, 2021), using the work of Ahmed (2004) and Savreemootoo (2020). Following the principles of post-qualitative inquiry (Pierre, 2021) and the increasing calls for involving stakeholders in research (National Health and Medical Research Council, 2018), the team contributed to analysis during formal researcher-service meetings, when reporting on the analysis (this was done with the approval of the service who commissioned the evaluation), and when refining the analysis for write up.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Navigating whiteness: affective relational intensities of non-clinical psychosocial support by and for culturally and linguistically diverse people

Mescouto,

Olson,

Plage

et al. 2024

Front. Sociol.

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Mental health is political, with intersecting economic, cultural, racialized, and affective dimensions making up the care assemblage, signalling how care is conceptualised and who is deserving of care. In this article, we examine emotions circulating in a non-clinical psychosocial support program for culturally and linguistically diverse people experiencing mental ill-health, foregrounding the relations between culture, race, economy, and assumptions underpinning understandings of care. The mental health program under study offers psychosocial support for culturally and linguistically diverse people to manage life challenges and mental ill-health exacerbated by navigating the complexities of Australia’s health and social care systems. We draw on interviews with clients, staff, and providers of intersecting services, employing Ahmed’s concept of affective economies and Savreemootoo’s concept of navigating whiteness to examine the care assemblage within interview transcripts. We provide insight into affective intensities such as hate, anger, and indifference embedded in white Anglo-centric services, positioning culturally and linguistically diverse people on the margins of care. Non-clinical psychosocial support programs can counter such affective intensities by training and employing multicultural peer support workers—people with lived experience—prioritising relational and place-based approaches to care and supporting and providing clients with relevant skills to navigate an Anglo-centric care system. However, this support is filled with affective tensions: (com)passion, frustration and fatigue circulate and clash due to the scarcity of resources, further signalling what type of care (and with/for whom) is prioritised within Australian relations of care.

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confidence: 99%

Navigating whiteness: affective relational intensities of non-clinical psychosocial support by and for culturally and linguistically diverse people

Mescouto,

Olson,

Plage

et al. 2024

Front. Sociol.

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“…The second challenge in diffractive analysis is related to power relations in research. Even though diffractive analysis relies on a flattening relationship between the researchers and data, the researchers need to be “equipped with a certain readiness to notice” the certain data that stand out (Aagaard, 2021, p. 8). When producing diffractive analysis, researcher’s gender, class, and other personal and professional experiences are important factors intra-acting with theory and data (Lenz Taguchi & Palmer, 2013).…”

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Thinking Diffractively with Data in Human Resource Development

2022

Human Resource Development Review

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Despite growing numbers of qualitative research studies published in human resource development (HRD), there is a limited scope of qualitative methodologies applied. When it comes to qualitative data analysis, coding-based analysis is the go-to analytical method in HRD. This article introduces diffractive analysis, a concept for data analysis that encourages new ways to consider the entanglement between data, theories, researchers, and the researched. This paper introduces the philosophical foundation of diffractive analysis that challenges reflection as the prominent metaphor for inquiry in HRD research and practice. Examples from empirical studies are presented to illustrate how data and theory can be read diffractively into each other to produce different knowledge in HRD. The differences diffractive analysis can potentially make in HRD include engaging with research philosophically, analyzing data diffractively, developing a performative understanding of the field, and strengthening researcher-practitioner partnership.

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“…bracketing in phenomenology and grounded theory) (Glaser, 1992). PQI rejects the cautious relationship between theory and method that predominates (Aagaard, 2021), seeing it as one of many ‘leftovers from a positivist approach that still has tentacles into a (traditional humanist) qualitative research paradigm’ (Østern et al, 2021, p. 12). Instead, PQI ‘comes with no methodology at all, no pre-existing rules, processes, methods, categories, or “determining judgment”’ (St.…”

Section: Post-qualitative Inquirymentioning

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“…Pierre, 2017, 2019, 2021). Instead, theory, plasticity and affective engagement are prioritised (Aagard, 2021; Carlson et al, 2021; Tesar, 2021). Post-qualitative forms of inquiry are disperse, taking many forms, such as the performative paradigm (Østern et al, 2021), arts-based research (Rousell, 2019), immersive cartography (Rousell, 2019) and VRE.…”

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How Can Video-Reflexive Ethnographers Anticipate Positive Impact on Healthcare Practice?

Olson

2022

International Journal of Qualitative Methods

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Evidence suggests that studies aiming to improve healthcare practice should be flexible and prioritise patient, family and clinician engagement. Video-reflexive ethnography (VRE), a form of qualitative research often employed in healthcare settings, is well-suited to these aims. VRE supplements ethnographic techniques with video-recordings of in situ practices, allowing practitioners to reflect on taken-for-granted practices. Its prioritisation of collaboration, affective entanglement, theory-driven analysis and flexibility – aligned with participatory and post-qualitative inquiry (PQI) – can facilitate reflexivity among researchers and participants for local practice improvement. Yet paradoxically, flexibility can hinder the predictability of impact, and demonstrating likely impact is crucial to securing research funding. This article offers practical advice to qualitative researchers facing this methodological challenge. Using three exemplars, we examine how differing onto-epistemological groundings, conceptualisations of participant engagement and researcher positionings affect the timing, predictability, scalability and transferability of each study’s impact. We show how prioritising affective engagement, flexible goals and collaboration can enable local healthcare practice improvement; prioritising theory generation via consultation can lead to traditional, more transferable, forms of impact. We share insights for researchers seeking to improve healthcare using methods inspired by PQI such as VRE. While predicting impact is fraught, optimising conditions for impactful VRE research can be accomplished by: foregrounding epistemology; prioritising affective engagement; aligning research and stakeholder goals; assessing timing and organisational readiness; and considering researcher and participant positioning.

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Troubling the Troublemakers: Three Challenges to Post-Qualitative Inquiry

Cited by 11 publications

References 48 publications

Navigating whiteness: affective relational intensities of non-clinical psychosocial support by and for culturally and linguistically diverse people

Navigating whiteness: affective relational intensities of non-clinical psychosocial support by and for culturally and linguistically diverse people

Thinking Diffractively with Data in Human Resource Development

How Can Video-Reflexive Ethnographers Anticipate Positive Impact on Healthcare Practice?

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