1st Edition
Dialectics, Power, and Knowledge Construction in Qualitative Research Beyond Dichotomy
Introduction 1. The map is not the territory - From ontology to epistemology in knowledge construction 2. Dialectics: A mechanism of knowledge construction 3. Reflectivity reconsidered 4. Reflectivity and the researchers' perspective 5. Reflectivity and the participants' perspective 6. Ethical differences and similarities as sources of reflection and knowledge construction 7. Research relations and power differentials: from resistance to collaboration and in-between 8. Frames of reference and the control of knowledge 9. Reciprocity: the nature and attributes of research relations and power 10. Epilogue: From dialectics to dialog across liminal spaces
Biography
Adital Ben-Ari is a professor of social work at the School of Social Work, University of Haifa, Israel.
Guy Enosh is an associate professor of social work at the School of Social Work, University of Haifa, Israel.
