Written Communication Jan 1997

Data Analysis and Subject Representation in Empowering Composition Research

Joanne Addison University of Colorado Denver

Abstract

Data analysis and representation are important political acts in the research process. The types of data we select for study, the analysis we draw, and our textual and graphic representations of data all contribute to the ways in which the people involved in our research are positioned as subjects and the degree of individual and collective agency that can be constructed through the research process itself. It is because of the potential effects of our research on others that we need to demystify the research we do through laying bare our epistemological positions and opening our methods and methodologies to public criticism. Further, in the case of empowering research, it is important to include the research participants in the development of our research projects. This necessitates explorations into postmodern conceptions of subjectivity, knowledge formation, collaboration, and resistance as they relate to empirical research as well as redefining notions of validity and reliability.

Journal
Written Communication
Published
1997-01-01
DOI
10.1177/0741088397014001003
Open Access
Closed
Topics
empirical research multimodality multilingual writers

Citation Context

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