Becoming Culturally Proficient Qualitative Researchers by Crossing Geographic and Methodological Borders

Author(s)

Corinne Brion (0000-0001-6151-525X), University of DaytonFollow
Carol Rogers-Shaw (0000-0003-0550-290X), University of DaytonFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

10-3-2022

Publication Source

The Qualitative Report

Abstract

This article explores how novice researchers develop a scholarly identity as they cross geographic, cultural, institutional, identity, and methodological borders throughout their studies, experiencing insider, outsider, and in-betweener positions. It hypothesizes that researchers become more culturally proficient through their fieldwork and self-study. The autoethnographic narratives address the social justice issues encountered by two early career researchers who increased their cultural proficiency and self-awareness as they moved across multiple cultural contexts. By shifting back and forth between insider, outsider, and in-betweener, the researchers became more culturally proficient, developed their voices as researchers, and practiced inclusivity by amplifying marginalized voices. Their self-reflective analysis of autoethnographic writing speaks to early career and graduate qualitative researchers who must recognize their positionality and their placement on the cultural proficiency continuum to be effective scholars in cross-cultural research.

ISBN/ISSN

1052-0147

Document Version

Published Version

Comments

The document is made available for download in accordance with the publisher's open-access policy. Permission documentation is on file.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.46743/2160-3715/2022.5374

Copyright

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 4.0 International License.

Publisher

Nova Southeastern University

Volume

27

Issue

10

Peer Reviewed

yes

Keywords

border crossing, insider/outsider/in-betweener positionality, identity, cultural proficiency, autoethnography, cross-cultural research

eCommons Citation

Brion, Corinne and Rogers-Shaw, Carol, "Becoming Culturally Proficient Qualitative Researchers by Crossing Geographic and Methodological Borders" (2022). Educational Leadership Faculty Publications. 275.
https://ecommons.udayton.edu/eda_fac_pub/275