"Applied Science, Faculty of"@en . "Nursing, School of"@en . "DSpace"@en . "University of British Columbia. NEXUS Spring Institute"@en . "Kang, Bindy"@en . "2009-11-25T01:12:12Z"@en . "2008-04-25"@en . "https://circle.library.ubc.ca/rest/handle/2429/15745?expand=metadata"@en . "523512 bytes"@en . "application/pdf"@en . "\u00E2\u0080\u009CAparnay Lowkh\u00E2\u0080\u009D (our people): Reflections of being adopted as a \u00E2\u0080\u0098daughter\u00E2\u0080\u0099 in the process of qualitative work Does Cultural Insidership matter? \u0001 Does it matter in the context of a research project? \u0001 How does it influence the data that is produced? \u0001 How does it influence the interpretation of that data? Road Map \u00E2\u0080\u00A6 Dhil Dhee Sehayth Project Cultural Insidership Aparnay Lowkh Locating Myself \u00E2\u0080\u00A6 Voices from the Data Researcher/Daughter Hybridity Dhil Dhee Sehayth Project Heart Health Project \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 PD + Interviewer \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 PI: Paul Galdas \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Pilot Project \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 N = 15 Dhil Dhee Sehayth Project Recruitment Punjabi Cardiac Rehabilitation Education 8 Week Program Lecture Format 1 to 1 Sessions Dhil Dhee Sehayth Project Methodology Qualitative Interviews Homes 10 \u00E2\u0099\u0082 & 5 \u00E2\u0099\u0080 Follow up discussions Cultural Insidership \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 \u00E2\u0080\u0098it\u00E2\u0080\u0099s easier that you\u00E2\u0080\u0099re a girl and that you\u00E2\u0080\u0099re Asian\u00E2\u0080\u0099: interactions of \u00E2\u0080\u0098race\u00E2\u0080\u0099 and gender between researchers and participants (Archer, 2000) \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 perceived gender & perceived racial/ethnic identity influenced what information was shared with the interviewer The Insider/Outsider Debate \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Insider \u00E2\u0080\u0093 Proximity \u00E2\u0080\u0093 Bias \u00E2\u0080\u0093 Postcolonial/Feminist \u00E2\u0080\u0093 Shared Lens \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Outsider \u00E2\u0080\u0093 Misinterpretation \u00E2\u0080\u0093 Essentializing \u00E2\u0080\u0093 Colonizer/Colonized \u00E2\u0080\u0093 Different Lens Locating Bindy in the research process \u00E2\u0080\u00A6 \u0002 Female \u0002 Indian \u0002 Punjabi \u0002 Punjabi speaker \u0002 Sikh \u0002 Village Identity \u0002 Familial Identity \u0002 Place of birth \u0002 Visits to India \u0002 Where I live in Canada \u0002 Marital status = Daughter \u00E2\u0080\u009CAparnay Lowkh\u00E2\u0080\u009D \u0002 Punjabi phrase \u0002Loosely defined as our people \u0002Intimate \u0002Closeness \u0002Community \u0002 Kinship ties \u0002 Punjabis \u0002Unique relationship: Punjab & India Uncle Ji & Auntie Ji \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Prem Singh & Shanti Kaur \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Husband & wife \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Recruitment \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Home as a guest \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Returning to the main group Aunties \u00E2\u0080\u00A6 \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Tarsem Auntie Ji: Uncle Ji tea, grandson, daughter in law, and son \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Daljit Auntie Ji: grandchildren running around after their bath \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Mohinder Auntie Ji: shared gender & shared cultural understanding Uncles \u00E2\u0080\u00A6 \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Gurdial Uncle Ji: \u00E2\u0080\u009Cour daughters\u00E2\u0080\u009D- model citizens, India as our mother & Canada as our Musie \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Preetham Uncle Ji: Saag, racism, language barrier \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Bhupinder Uncle Ji: wedding, Gurdwara, racism in health care From researcher to daughter\u00E2\u0080\u00A6 \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Trust \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Shared cultural framework \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Influences \u00E2\u0080\u00A6 information that was shared Moving beyond \u00E2\u0080\u009Cdaughter\u00E2\u0080\u009D \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Model daughter: our \u00E2\u0080\u009Cdaughters\u00E2\u0080\u009D \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Also problematic daughter \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 To a sibling to their children \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 To an aunt to their grandchildren \u00E2\u0080\u00A6Aparnay Lowkh From daughter to researcher \u00E2\u0080\u00A6 \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Trust \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Sharing intimate and painful information about their lived experiences Hybrid Spaces: Daughter/Researcher Heightened responsibility to honour their narratives \u0002 Allow their diverse voices to be heard \u0002 Maintain context \u0002 Not allow for misinterpretation \u0002 Not allow for essentialist readings \u00E2\u0080\u009C I write as someone who bears the label of \u00E2\u0080\u0098native\u00E2\u0080\u0099anthropologist and yet squirms uncomfortably under this essentializing tag \u00E2\u0080\u00A6 I argue for the enactment of hybridity in our texts \u00E2\u0080\u00A6\u00E2\u0080\u009D (Narayan, 2003, 286) Kiran Narayan Postcolonial Perspective \u00E2\u0080\u00A6. The postcolonial perspective resists the attempt at holistic forms of social explanation, it forces a recognition of the more complex cultural and political boundaries that exist on the cusps of these often political spheres [between 3rd and 1st worlds] (bhabha, 1994, p. 173) Where does this leave us? - Need for reflexivity - To explore how we are located in the research process - Our relationships with our informants - To explore how we influence qualitative research narratives Thank You!"@en . "Conference Paper"@en . "10.14288/1.0103695"@en . "eng"@en . "Unreviewed"@en . "Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library"@en . "Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International"@en . "http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/"@en . "Researcher"@en . "Health behaviour"@en . "Social context"@en . "Fieldwork"@en . "Qualitative methods"@en . "Reflections of being adopted as a \u00E2\u0080\u0098daughter\u00E2\u0080\u0099 in the process of qualitative fieldwork"@en . 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