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Cultural unconscious in research: integrating multicultural and depth paradigms in qualitative research
Author(s) -
Yakushko Oksana,
Miles Pekti,
Rajan Indhushree,
Bujko Biljana,
Thomas Douglas
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of analytical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.285
H-Index - 23
eISSN - 1468-5922
pISSN - 0021-8774
DOI - 10.1111/1468-5922.12257
Subject(s) - unconscious mind , multiculturalism , scholarship , psychology , oppression , context (archaeology) , epistemology , dynamics (music) , sociology , personal unconscious , qualitative research , social psychology , psychoanalysis , social science , pedagogy , paleontology , biology , philosophy , politics , political science , law
Culturally focused research has gained momentum in many disciplines, including psychology. However, much of this research fails to pay attention to the unconscious dynamics that underlie the study of culture and culturally influenced human beings. Such dynamics may be especially significant when issues of marginalization and oppression are present. Therefore, this paper seeks to contribute a framework for understanding cultural dynamics, especially unconscious cultural dynamics, within depth psychological qualitative research influenced by Jungian and post‐Jungian scholarship. Inquiry that is approached with a commitment to making the unconscious conscious seeks to empower and liberate not only the subject/object studied but also the researchers themselves. Following a brief review of multiculturalism in the context of analytically informed psychology, this paper offers several case examples that focus on researchers' integration of awareness of the cultural unconscious in their study of cultural beings and topics.