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Decolonising Dental Educational Research: Reflections from a White Researcher
| العنوان: | Decolonising Dental Educational Research: Reflections from a White Researcher |
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| اللغة: | English |
| المؤلفون: | Neville, Patricia |
| المصدر: | Advances in Health Sciences Education. 2023 28(5):1679-1695. |
| الإتاحة: | Springer. Available from: Springer Nature. One New York Plaza, Suite 4600, New York, NY 10004. Tel: 800-777-4643; Tel: 212-460-1500; Fax: 212-460-1700; e-mail: customerservice@springernature.com; Web site: https://link.springer.com/ |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
| Page Count: | 17 |
| تاريخ النشر: | 2023 |
| نوع الوثيقة: | Journal Articles Reports - Descriptive |
| Education Level: | Higher Education Postsecondary Education |
| Descriptors: | Dentistry, Decolonization, Educational Research, Whites, Racism, Dental Schools, Teacher Behavior, Minority Group Students |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s10459-023-10228-9 |
| تدمد: | 1382-4996 1573-1677 |
| مستخلص: | While there is an emerging scholarship on decolonising dentistry, the debate about reflexivity, positionality and white privilege in dental educational research and practice is still at a developmental stage. This article aims to contribute to this nascent debate by contemplating the question- is it appropriate, or possible, for a white researcher to undertake decolonisation work in dental education? If so, what would it entail or 'look' like? To answer this important question, the author offers a reflective account of their ethical and epistemological journey with this very question. This journey begins with how I, a white researcher, first became aware of the everyday racism experienced by my racially and ethnically minoritized students, the whiteness of dental educational spaces and how my white privilege and position as a dental educator consciously and unconsciously implicated me in these processes of exclusion and discrimination. While this revelation led to a personal commitment to do better in my practice, both as an educator and a researcher, I continue to struggle with my white ignorance and white fragility as I strive to make my work more inclusive. To illustrate this, I discuss an ethnodrama project on everyday racism that I lead on and how, despite choosing a more democratic research method, hegemonic whiteness continued to make its presence felt through my 'going it alone' method of work. This reflective account reaffirms that regular and routine self-reflection is key to ensuring that racialised inappropriate and damaging assumptions, frameworks of thinking, and ways of working are checked for. However, my praxis won't evolve through critical introspection alone. I need to be open to making mistakes, educating myself about racism and anti-racist practice, asking for help and guidance from my minoritized colleagues and more importantly, committing to working "with" people from minoritized communities rather than "on" them. |
| Abstractor: | As Provided |
| Entry Date: | 2023 |
| رقم الأكسشن: | EJ1403163 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | ERIC |
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Full Text Finder | تدمد: | 1382-4996 1573-1677 |
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| DOI: | 10.1007/s10459-023-10228-9 |