From Subjects to Subjectivities : A Handbook of Interpretive and Participatory Methods

by Tolman, Deborah L.

• ISBN13: 9780814782590
• ISBN10: 0814782590
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-01-01
• Publisher: New York University Press

Summary

From Subject to Subjectivities profiles the recent debates about the role of qualitative and participatory methods in psychology, a discipline which has traditionally seen itself as a form of positivistic science. Contributors explain how fundamentally different views of the nature of reality and of scientific theory have shaped these debates, and how psychology is being transformed through the use of these methods.At the heart of the book are 10 exemplars of interpretive and participatory action research which describe the rationale for and process of using these methods in actual cases. They also articulate some of the challenges psychologists may face in adopting them, offering insights into how these complications can be successfully negotiated. Relevant beyond psychology, the models provided can be used within the context of a wide array of social science disciplines, from sociology and anthropology to women's studies and public health.The contributors represent a veritable who's who of qualitative scholars, including Lyn Mikel Brown, Larry Davidson, Michelle Fine, Louise Kidder, M. Brinton Lykes, Jeanne Marecek, Abigail Stewart, and Niobe Way.No previous book has examined qualitative and participatory methods specifically within the context of psychology. From Subjects to Subjectivities provides a unique and badly needed resource for those interested in learning about the practice of these methods in the field.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. ix
Contextualizing Interpretive and Participatory Methods
Interpretive and Participatory Research Methods: Moving toward Subjectivities	p. 3
Power, Politics, and the Qualitative/Quantitative Debates in Psychology	p. 12
Working between Two Worlds: Qualitative Methods and Psychology	p. 29
Theoretical Perspectives: Some Underpinnings of Interpretive and Participatory Methods
Interpretive Psychology: Stories, Circles, and Understanding Lived Experience	p. 45
Feminist Research Methods: Bringing Culture to Science	p. 57
Education, Research, and Action: Theory and Methods of Participatory Action Research	p. 76
Alive and Well in Psychology: Exemplars
Interpretive Methods
White Working-Class Girls, Femininities, and the Paradox of Resistance	p. 95
Using Feminist Research Methods to Explore Boys' Relationships	p. 111
Echoes of Sexual Objectification: Listening for One Girl's Erotic Voice	p. 130
Embodying Working-Class Subjectivity and Narrating Self: "We Were the Hired Help"	p. 145
Phenomenological and Participatory Research on Schizophrenia: Recovering the Person in Theory and Practice	p. 163
Participatory Action Research Methods
Activist Participatory Research and the Arts with Rural Mayan Women: Interculturality and Situated Meaning Making	p. 183
Participatory Action Research as a Resource for Developing African American Community Leadership	p. 200
Re-inhabiting the Body from the Inside Out: Girls Transform Their School Environment	p. 218
Negotiating the Observer-Observed Relationship: Participatory Action Research	p. 239
Possibilities and Challenges of Engaging Subjectivities
Minding the Gap: Positivism, Psychology, and the Politics of Qualitative Methods	p. 259
The Congruency Thing: Transforming Psychological Research and Pedagogy	p. 276
Discursive Approaches to Studying Conscious and Unconscious Thoughts	p. 290
Gatekeepers as Change Agents: What Are Feminist Psychologists Doing in Places Like This?	p. 304
Making Room for Subjectivities: Remedies for the Discipline of Psychology	p. 319
Contributors	p. 329
Permissions	p. 335
Index	p. 337
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