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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University of Johannesburg
2022-10-01
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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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| spelling | doaj-art-6f77fafda4f84775b90710158431ce312025-01-20T08:55:43ZengUniversity of JohannesburgCommunicare0259-00692957-79502022-10-0135110.36615/jcsa.v35i1.1599Rethinking the researcher-researched relationshipLauren Eva Dyll0https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8722-029XKeyan Tomaselli1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2995-0726University of KwaZulu-NatalUniversity of Johannesburg 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. https://journals.uj.ac.za/index.php/jcsa/article/view/1599researcher-researched relationshipResearch participantsprodsumersBushman communityrock artspiritual, ontological and environmental dimensions |
| spellingShingle | Lauren Eva Dyll Keyan Tomaselli Rethinking the researcher-researched relationship Communicare researcher-researched relationship Research participants prodsumers Bushman community rock art spiritual, ontological and environmental dimensions |
| title | Rethinking the researcher-researched relationship |
| title_full | Rethinking the researcher-researched relationship |
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| title_short | Rethinking the researcher-researched relationship |
| title_sort | rethinking the researcher researched relationship |
| topic | researcher-researched relationship Research participants prodsumers Bushman community rock art spiritual, ontological and environmental dimensions |
| url | https://journals.uj.ac.za/index.php/jcsa/article/view/1599 |
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