9-17-25 ED 473 (WED) Week 4 Reading Reflections (comments, questions, etc) by

2025-09-16 21:42:51 UTC

Tracy's clear, organized style makes this an "easy to follow" instruction manual for qualitative research. There were many familiar topic and some new ones for me.

2025-09-16 21:44:41 UTC

I found this message compelling: "Reclaiming a voice in this context has also been about reclaiming, reconnecting and reordering those ways of knowing which were submerged, hidden or driven underground."

2025-09-16 21:49:10 UTC

"...qualitative research calls for the researcher to become increasingly vigilant in order to reflect and address the role of subjectivities in research with academic rigor and trustworthiness." This is a goal that sounds easy, but will take some effort. This is a valuable asset for a researcher to have - the ability to produce work that is authentic, transparent, and worthy.

Juan

2025-09-17 16:18:52 UTC

This chapter has me thinking of my question and overall my dissertation. Specially my question(s) and how many questions I will have to answer.

Western Ideologies

2025-09-17 17:20:17 UTC

This chapter reminded me that my learnings from home, from my culture, and peoples history is valid. No matter how engrained western thinking is on my daily life. This is hard at times, specially when I have to question and or critique institutional structures like education. I know they are built with rich history, but they are not formed to change when they become outdated.

Katy Le

2025-09-17 18:57:09 UTC

Chapter 4 gave a clear description of what IBR is and what type of consent we need to look into before conducting our studies. As qualitative researchers, our studies are not data or inanimate objects, therefore, we have to understand all aspects of our own research. How we frame the research can lead to either benefitting the community or hurting it. So IBR in a way is our guideline to making sure our studies are morally benefitting society.

Is race concept just a Western ideology?

2025-09-17 19:07:07 UTC

This reading made me reflected back to my earlier time in my Master program. At one point, I questioned why Americans are obsessed with race. Over the years, I came to realize that race is built within every society. Whether or not that society want to acknowledge it or not is something else. However, people tend to criticize Western view on race more because somewhere a long the line the sense of community and empathy are lost. People have a more individualistic mindset, which does not help with the "us versus them" mentality.

Jargon? Good? or Bad?

2025-09-17 20:39:17 UTC

Avoid jargon as much as possible

· I found this funny because I feel like new jargon is always being added in research. so how do we avoid it rather than just staying informed and educating audience as continue

2025-09-17 20:39:30 UTC

Subject positions-humans have many . how we connect or label these positions we negotiate what that means to us and how we see ourselves. Reminds me of perceived self vs. presenting self

“white research” p.49

2025-09-17 20:39:54 UTC

· I will never forget askin ga teacher in my master program to co-chair my thesis and they looked me in the eye and said “I don’t believe in old style arm chair white research”

· Although that had nothing to do with what I said. I felt stereotyped.

Jargon..

2025-09-17 20:41:12 UTC

“make your own choice about terminology and define it for your readers”

· I enjoy that she is telling us that our research is our own but we have to own it and make it clear what we are saying.

I felt like this kind of contradicted the chapter that we skimmed

P. 102 helpful tips and tools 4.2

2025-09-17 20:41:45 UTC

EVERYONE should have that for their notes so we can use for this class LOL

· I enjoy that it gives you an estimate about what you would need for a research proposal

Karina Guerrero

karinagee1101 — 2025-09-17 22:40:26 UTC

What stood out to me most was the value of fieldwork and what she calls “participant witnessing.” Tracy explains that fieldwork helps researchers see what participants are saying and also what they are not saying, which is just as important, if not more. I really am starting to think how as researchers we are able to connect with our participants and create an environment were we can find deeper meaning about how things work they way they do and why.

Karina Guerrero

karinagee1101 — 2025-09-17 22:43:10 UTC

“Western interests remain dominant” struck me because it reminds me how easily they can infiltrate even well-meaning scholarship. This challenges me to be intentional about how I frame my research questions and the way I include marginalized voices in the process. Additionally, I continue to think about whose voice matters and how oftentimes certain groups have been left out. I am reminded that in this work, it is my responsibility to decolonize my own practices and bring to light those whose voice hasn't always been hear.