Abstract

Centering the research process on building, rebuilding, and maintaining relationships, this multi-vocal article highlights the need to revisit practice. We consider research conducted in a city where all public schools are charter schools and discuss tensions between the implementation of our research approach and the university as we trouble the notion of ‘authorship,’ collaboration, and ‘re-presentation.’ Bringing our unique positionalities to the forefront, this article focuses on voice (oral story) and how voice functions in (written) text for researcher and participants in dissertation research. We argue that dissertation research is a collaborative and relational process that involves: the participants, the author, the advisor, the bodies of knowledge, and the ethical and moral principles that frame the process. Long-term, reciprocal relationships constructed a foundation for this study’s knowledge production and may be needed in all research studies, especially those that include those who are ‘marginalized’ and whose voices are often silenced.

摘要

这篇多声部的文章将研究过程集中在建立、重建和维持关系上，强调了重新审视实践的必要性。我们考虑在一个所有公立学校都是特许学校的城市进行的研究，并讨论我们的研究方法的实施与大学之间的紧张关系，因为我们对“作者身份”、合作和“重新呈现”的概念感到不安。将我们独特的定位带到最前沿，本文重点关注语音（口头故事）以及语音在（书面）文本中的作用，供研究人员和论文研究参与者使用。我们认为，论文研究是一个协作和相关的过程，涉及：参与者、作者、顾问、知识体系以及构成该过程的伦理和道德原则。长期，