Achieving co-presence when together and apart: Hybrid engagements and multi-modal collaborative research with urban indigenous youth.

Autor: Horn, Philipp, Casagrande, Olivia
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Zdroj: Qualitative Research; Jun2024, Vol. 24 Issue 3, p690-711, 22p
Abstrakt: This article reflects on collaborative research carried out during the COVID-19 pandemic involving indigenous youth co-investigators from different urban settings in Bolivia and a UK- and Bolivia-based research coordination team. Unlike previous studies that highlight the potential of generating a shared co-presence via virtual engagements and digital methods when face-to-face interactions seem less desirable, this article offers a more cautious account. We question the existence of a shared co-presence and, instead, posit co-presence as fragmented and not necessarily mutual, requiring careful engagement with power imbalances, distinct socio-economic and space-time positionings, and diverse priorities around knowledge generation among team members. These considerations led us to iteratively configure a hybrid research approach that combines synchronous and asynchronous virtual and face-to-face interactions with multi-modal methods. We demonstrate how this approach enabled us to generate a sense of co-presence in a context where collaborator access to a shared space-time was limited, differentiated, or displaced. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Databáze: Complementary Index