Rethinking the researcher-researched relationship
This article critically examines the conventional researcher-researched relationship that empowers the researcher over the researched. The orthodoxy of objectivity – claimed to locate the researchers as neutral observer – is here argued to be a power relation that has an excluding effect where subj...
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| Language: | English |
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University of Johannesburg
2022-10-01
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| Series: | Communicare |
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| Online Access: | https://journals.uj.ac.za/index.php/jcsa/article/view/1599 |
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| Summary: | This article critically examines the conventional researcher-researched relationship that
empowers the researcher over the researched. The orthodoxy of objectivity – claimed to locate
the researchers as neutral observer – is here argued to be a power relation that has an excluding
effect where subject communities are concerned. By means of an archaeological case study that
included mapping and interpretation of ancient rock engravings we offer a new way of negotiating
interpretations. This new way involved four members from a Bushman community who helped us
navigate spiritual, ontological and environmental dimensions in making sense of rock art.
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| ISSN: | 0259-0069 2957-7950 |