The Cruel Optimism of Co-Production

Autor/in	Kill, Cassie
Titel	The Cruel Optimism of Co-Production
Quelle	In: Qualitative Research Journal, 22 (2022) 1, S.56-66 (11 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Kill, Cassie)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1443-9883
DOI	10.1108/QRJ-02-2021-0019
Schlagwörter	Participatory Research; Ethnography; Interpersonal Relationship; Research Problems; Arts Centers; Youth Programs; Foreign Countries; Psychological Patterns; Nonschool Educational Programs; COVID-19; Pandemics; United Kingdom + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Forschungstätigkeit; Ethnografie; Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung; Forschungskritik; Jugendsofortprogramm; Ausland; Großbritannien
Abstract	Purpose: In this paper, the author reflects on her researcher experiences of attempting to construct co-productive epistemic relations in her ethnographic doctoral research about a gallery youth collective. The paper engages with debates about the nature of co-productive relations, advocating for a more affective approach which attends to multiple, temporary moments within the research, rather than seeking a grand or unified process of collaboration. Design/methodology/approach: This methodological paper draws on the records and reflections the author generated in the process of undertaking collaborative ethnographic research, considered with a specific theoretical resource (Lauren Berlant's Cruel Optimism (2011)) to construct a reflexive narrative from her doctoral research experiences. Findings: The paper discusses the multiple, shifting ways in which research relationships unfolded in the author's doctoral research and the impasse this generated in the author's understanding of desirable co-productive relations. Reflecting with Berlant's Cruel Optimism (2011) allowed the author to understand the COVID-19 crisis as the rupture of the author's attachment to this relational fantasy. Beyond this rupture, the author was able to more fully attend to fleeting, affective moments as a form of co-production within the research. Originality/value: The paper contributes to the growing anthology of critical and reflexive narratives about co-production; these collectively provide a resource for researcher reflection and for teaching about collaborative practices. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01