From Pioneer to Partner: Dismantling White Normativity in Ethnographic Theology
In this racially-charged time, religious educators are engaging in research that transgresses traditional (white) norms. Such research can not only dismantle white normativity through the subjects investigated; it can also be practiced in ways that are transgressive. This article uses a particular e...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group
[2020]
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Religious education
Year: 2020, Volume: 115, Issue: 4, Pages: 400-412 |
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Multi-cultural society
/ Weißsein
/ Normativity
/ Theology
/ Ethnology
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RelBib Classification: | AD Sociology of religion; religious policy AH Religious education FD Contextual theology RF Christian education; catechetics |
Further subjects: | B
Religious Education
B ethnographic theology B Qualitative Research B white normativity |
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Summary: | In this racially-charged time, religious educators are engaging in research that transgresses traditional (white) norms. Such research can not only dismantle white normativity through the subjects investigated; it can also be practiced in ways that are transgressive. This article uses a particular experience of ethnographic theological research in diverse cultural contexts as a case study for learning about three postures that subvert white normativity built into assumptions and practices of ethnographic research. Using a two-pronged, auto-ethnographic approach to analyzing this case, three nuanced postures become critically apparent: improvised flexibility, the ability to change lenses, and immersive reflexivity. |
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ISSN: | 1547-3201 |
Contains: | Enthalten in: Religious education
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/00344087.2020.1738622 |