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 |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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[2020]
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| In: |
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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| IxTheo 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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Volltext (Resolving-System) |
| 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 |
