Research Basics
The process through which science is conducted.
What is research?
The study of "being" -- concerned with "what is" and how we view the world.
What is ontology?
This term describes the process of examining and challenging the ways colonial histories and power relations continue to shape the production of knowledge.
What is decolonization
Selection of topic and research design are two of these.
What are the stages of research?
A principle of research which says research must draw on observations or measurements of the world.
What is empirical?
Deals with the "nature" of knowledge.
What is epistemology?
People who become passive objects of research, rather than questioners, critics, theorists, knowers, and communicators
Who are colonized people, or the "Other"?
A comprehensive overview of prior research regarding a specific topic.
What is a literature review?
A principle of research which says that research is organized, involves planning, and follows procedures to avoid mistakes.
What is systematic?
An epistemological position which derives from the acceptance of natural science as a paradigm to study human knowledge.
What is objectivism?
The radical dismantling of the existing hierarchies among different knowledge.
A research pitfall where the question hinges on the definition of terms.
What is a semantic question?
A principle of research which states that knowledge is built gradually, with no one study standing on its own.
What is intersubjective?
An epistemological position which focuses on the importance of objectivity and evidence, and believes the world is unaffected by the researcher.
What is positivism?
The worldview that research is still centered around.
What is Euro-North American centric?
The research design principle that lays out how the research will be carried out.
What is methodology?
This principle of good research questions assumptions.
What is skepticism?
Epistemological positions which argue that knowledge is produced by exploring and understanding (not discovering) the social works of the people being studied.
What are interpretivism and constructionism?
What are photovoice and digital storytelling?
The seventh stage of the research process
What is data analysis and discussion of the findings?