Journal article
Research as an intercultural 'contact zone'
Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education, Vol.30(2), pp.165-177
2009
Abstract
Contemporary researchers need to work across many cultural boundaries between ethnicities, between disciplines, between universities and industry, between professional cultures, and between various workplace cultures. While many authors have sought to characterise aspects of this boundary work, there remains little research on how researchers, especially research higher degree students, might be adequately prepared to work sensitively in these cultural borderlands. This article draws upon the post-colonial concept of the 'contact zone' to reconceptualise the knowledge and skills required by the successful intercultural researcher. It demonstrates how recognition of and engagement with cultural difference can create deconstructive, productive possibilities for innovative research and new knowledge. The article also examines the consequences of a lack of intercultural sensitivity and equity - the symbolic violence and exploitation present in the contemporary research arena. This recasting of research has significant implications for future research training.
Details
- Title
- Research as an intercultural 'contact zone'
- Authors
- Catherine Manathunga (Author) - University of Queensland
- Publication details
- Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education, Vol.30(2), pp.165-177
- Publisher
- Routledge
- DOI
- 10.1080/01596300902809161
- ISSN
- 0159-6306
- Organisation Unit
- University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; School of Education - Legacy; School of Education and Tertiary Access; Indigenous and Transcultural Research Centre
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99450713102621
- Output Type
- Journal article
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