Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- About the author
- About the book
- 1 Performing qualitative cross-cultural research: an introduction
- 2 Moral and ethical perspectives
- 3 The research participants: accessing and reciprocity
- 4 Cultural sensitivity: a responsible researcher
- 5 Insider/Outsider perspectives and placing issues
- 6 Cross-cultural communication and language issues
- 7 Personal and collective testimony
- 8 Local knowledge, local power and collective action
- 9 Writing and disseminating in cross-cultural research
- In closing …
- References
- Index
In closing …
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 June 2012
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- About the author
- About the book
- 1 Performing qualitative cross-cultural research: an introduction
- 2 Moral and ethical perspectives
- 3 The research participants: accessing and reciprocity
- 4 Cultural sensitivity: a responsible researcher
- 5 Insider/Outsider perspectives and placing issues
- 6 Cross-cultural communication and language issues
- 7 Personal and collective testimony
- 8 Local knowledge, local power and collective action
- 9 Writing and disseminating in cross-cultural research
- In closing …
- References
- Index
Summary
Ignorance is the oppressor
Knowledge is the liberator
Know your limitations
Know your vision
To be the master of your destiny.
(Walsh-Tapiata 2003: 72)There is hope, however timid, on the street corners, a hope in each and everyone of us … Hope is an ontological need.
(Freire 1992/1999: 8).So we have now come to the end of this volume. As I have said in the Preface, what I write in this book may not make everyone happy because there is no way that I can cover every angle of performing cross-cultural research in one volume. I have also deliberately excluded specific qualitative methods because I believe that they do not do justice to sensitive cross-cultural research. You can blame me if you like.
Throughout the book, however, I have advocated the performance of cross-cultural research more ethically, sensibly and responsibly. I have pointed to many challenges that cross-cultural researchers may have to deal with in their research. I have suggested culturally sensitive and appropriate research methods that would work well with cultural groups. I have offered many thought-provoking angles which I am sure will be of value to many new and experienced researchers who wish to perform cross-cultural research. If you have stayed with me throughout the book, I am sure that you will be able to perform your cross-cultural research responsibly and successfully. This is your reward.
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- Performing Qualitative Cross-Cultural Research , pp. 236 - 237Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2010