What happens in academic research when the subjects who are being researched are actually empowered to be active participants in the shape of the research process itself? Can the resulting story data yield insights with greater potential to stimulate discovery and change? 

Our guest this episode is Judy Pryor-Ramirez, Clinical Associate Professor of Public Service and Faculty Director, Executive MPA Program at the Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service at New York University.

She shares with us her journey to developing academic research tools inspired by civil rights era theatrical techniques called “story circles”. These engagement methods were first established to spark dialogue around social injustice, voter disenfranchisement and segregation. She shares how this applying the “story circle” interview process can help academic social scientists reach deeper levels of understanding the dynamics of their research subjects’ lived experiences, especially in indigenous, Black and Latino communities.

In our conversation, Judy references a book to which she contributed, on the origin and extension of the “story circles” interview process method and case studies of its use in social science research. She provides our listeners with the following information about its availability.

Book title: Anti-colonial research praxis: Methods for knowledge justice

Edited by Caroline Lenette

Book website: https://manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526177001/

Discount code for 30% off on the publisher’s website: EVENT30

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