A Site Ontological Approach to Researching with Children and Youth of Refugee Background

Abstract

In this chapter, we present two examples of research projects aimed at amplifying voices that are often silenced in research: those of children and/or youth from refugee backgrounds. Refugees are often excluded from research for both ethical and practical reasons: because of their assumed vulnerability as well as the challenges related to language or access. In the research projects presented, we aimed to employ methods that suited these groups of children and youth to understand their experiences in ways that they wanted to express them, and in situ. We argue that starting from, and finishing with, the point of view of the knowledge holders illustrates one means (although not exclusively so) by which to amplify their voices and knowledge to counter epistemic injustice in educational research.

Citation

Kaukko, M. and Wilkinson, J. (2023), "A Site Ontological Approach to Researching with Children and Youth of Refugee Background", Researching Practices Across and Within Diverse Educational Sites: Onto-epistemological Considerations, Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 37-60. https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-80071-871-520231003