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Separating Researcher & Activist Roles

Separating Researcher & Activist Roles. Why separate the roles?. need to maintain credibility among “consumers” of research foundations government media community-based organizations local constituencies need to maintain credibility within the university

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Separating Researcher & Activist Roles

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  1. Separating Researcher & Activist Roles

  2. Why separate the roles? • need to maintain credibility among “consumers” of research • foundations • government • media • community-based organizations • local constituencies • need to maintain credibility within the university • collaborative research already suspect • need to maintain accepted standards of research

  3. Why separate the roles? • maintain some level of objectivity • yes, we do recognize the political nature of research, BUT • if we are to be effective and credible in the research effort, there needs to be an ability to distinguish research and action

  4. Why separate the roles? • some level of objectivity, particularly work by university researchers provides the Good Housekeeping Seal of Approval on research • this is an important political commodity • researchers shouldn’t jeopardize this • community partners can pursue activist component of work using the quality research

  5. Why separate the roles? • although the choice and design of a project may be political (as is the case with virtually all research), the role of strategist and advocate is different from that of researcher

  6. different people perform different roles same person perform different roles at different times/places a person can research in one area, not be an “activist” in that area, but can be an activist elsewhere How do we separate the roles?

  7. How do we separate the roles? • recognize different kinds of research… • on specific community problems: • e.g. violence, racial discrimination, lack of quality affordable housing, job availability, etc. • on different kinds of strategies to solve problems once they have been identified: • e.g. effectiveness of community organizing strategies, educational outreach, pressuring elected officials, public demonstrations, etc.

  8. However collaborative university:community is still research with a constituency • collaboration in initial design means the research already has an expected end-use • when research is completed there is an organization or community that will take it and run with it • researchers are still available to guide, consult, and complete additional work

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