Open AccessDeveloping a Collaborative Qualitative Research Project Across Borders: Issues and Dilemmas
Author(s) -
Peter Sayer,
Troy Crawford
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
the qualitative report
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.335
H-Index - 35
ISSN - 2160-3715
DOI - 10.46743/2160-3715/2017.2727
Subject(s) - qualitative research , empirical research , sociology , divergence (linguistics) , perspective (graphical) , knowledge management , engineering ethics , public relations , epistemology , political science , social science , computer science , engineering , philosophy , linguistics , artificial intelligence
International collaborative research often refers to collaboration among the researchers and the participants. Few studies investigate the collaborative process among the researchers themselves. Assumptions about the qualitative research process, institutional requirements, and even epistemological orientations, are pervasive. Our experience conducting an empirical research study as a collaborative effort amongst a research team in Mexico and the United States challenged and transformed our assumptions about collaborative qualitative research in terms of organizational compatibility: (a) understanding research perspective and themes, (b) interpreting rules and regulations (c) physical travel between countries, and (d) how research products are counted. We address each assumption through a dialogue, including how our collaborative research diverged from the assumption and how this divergence has impacted our own practice.