"Outsiderness" and "Insiderness" in a Confucian Society: Complexity of Contexts

Autor/inn/en	Katyal, Kokila Roy; King, Mark
Titel	"Outsiderness" and "Insiderness" in a Confucian Society: Complexity of Contexts
Quelle	In: Comparative Education, 47 (2011) 3, S.327-341 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0305-0068
DOI	10.1080/03050068.2011.586765
Schlagwörter	Research Methodology; Familiarity; Foreign Countries; Confucianism; Asians; Ethnicity; Researchers; Cultural Context; Cultural Differences; Data Analysis; Hong Kong + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Research method; Forschungsmethode; Ausland; Konfuzianismus; Asian; Asiat; Asiatin; Asiaten; Asiate; Ethnizität; Researcher; Forscher; Kultureller Unterschied; Auswertung; Hongkong
Abstract	This paper addresses the influence of CHC on how the insider/outsider distinction is drawn and what consequences follow for the conduct of research. The paper outlines the methodological complexities faced by us whilst conducting our respective research projects in Hong Kong. In the studies reported in this paper we, the researchers, were insiders at one level as both of us have a degree of familiarity with Hong Kong being residents of the city. We were also insiders on a professional level in the contexts under study. However being ethnically non-Chinese positioned us as outsiders. Additionally, our Western-trained research selves accepted certain normative paradigms, whilst our own personal ethno-centricities tended to question these self-same paradigms. In sum, the research context for us assumed hues in accordance with the lens that we were using for viewing our data concurrently and concomitantly and this we argue has much to do with the research methodologies that we used in the studies. (Contains 1 note.) (As Provided).
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