Mary Gergen. Generating Research
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The ideas of traditional research are compared with the ideas about social constructionist research. Discussions include thoughts about hierarchy, power, control, causal effects, manipulation, distance, the concepts of objectivity and neutrality. Many examples of social constructionist research are offered including actual studies of risk-taking of adolescents, women infected with HIV/AIDS and even the early work of Gladys Ziegarnik. The power relationships between the researcher and the researched are compared with the current more collaborative work where participants are more involved in determining what is researched. The co-construction of stories, reflexivity, multiple stories, multiple voices, relational stories, reflecting teams, how therapists create their clients, and designs that limit or edit, are among the new research ideas that are examined.
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29 min 26 sec
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