Acculturation and Enculturation: The Intersection of Representational Ethics, Measurement, and Conceptualization

Testimonios on participatory action research as a critical race approach to studying Southeast Asian american Refugee subjects

“…Such a static distinction precludes the possibility that academic researchers may belong to marginalized communities or that marginalized people can become academic researchers (López et al., 2022; Yee et al., 2021). A more fluid distinction with the possibility of a “both‐and” (e.g., both outsider and insider; Lorenzo‐Blanco et al., 2023) is more accurate, validating our realities and increasing our sense of belonging in psychology and academia. Third, anecdotal data do not need to be viewed with contempt and disdain.…”

“…served as academic researchers. When academic researchers like us are also from marginalized communities, we challenge the distinction between “insider” and “outsider” (López et al., 2022; see Lorenzo‐Blanco et al., 2023 for a discussion on representational ethics). This widespread insider‐outsider distinction implies that academic researchers are outsiders, who cannot possibly be part of marginalized communities, and it reinforces the positivist notion that researchers are “objective” and “neutral” observers.…”