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The ethics of polyvocal ethnography: empowering vs. textualizing children and teachers

1990; Taylor & Francis; Volume: 3; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1080/0951839900030305

1366-5898

Joseph Tobin, Dana H. Davidson,

Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies

Polyvocal approaches allow researchers and informants to interact on a more equal footing and informants' voices to be heard in the final text. But research methods intended to empower informants also can be a source of unanticipated authorial power ‐ the power to confront informants with unsolicited self‐reflections and to textualize people's lives and words. The authors reflect on those ethical dilemmas in this article.