Archives and Social Justice Research

Opotow, Susan; Belmonte, Kimberly

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“…In discussing research conducted in archives, we have argued that researchers must be sensitive to textual and factual biases and exclusions (Opotow & Belmonte, 2016). When read contrapuntally or “against the grain” (cf., Gidley, 2012; Said, 1993), partial and missing perspectives can be analytically rich, directing researchers’ attention to the experiences and tensions associated with injustice experienced by individuals or groups in the past.…”

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“…When psychologists utilize archives to study social justice, they join an interdisciplinary community of scholars interested in studying the past through archival records (Opotow & Belmonte, 2016).…”

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“…In contrast, moral inclusion is the process of widening the scope of justice to foster fairness, resource sharing, and rights. The inclusionary process can be slow, fragile, and subject to setbacks (Opotow, 2008, 2016).…”

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“…Their accounts sample the rich narrative data that archives can offer qualitative researchers. They offer an understanding of archives as research sites that respond to changes in society (also see Opotow & Belmonte, 2016).…”

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“…We invite qualitative researchers to consider archives as a rich source of textual and narrative data for their own studies. Opotow and Belmonte (2016) describe how social science researchers have used archives in justice research and the interpretative and methodological challenges of working with such data.…”

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Opotow

2017

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To foster a deep understanding of what an archive is and what it can offer qualitative psychologists interested in lives, contexts, and social justice, we present a qualitative study that examines the construct, archive, empirically. Based on interviews conducted with archivists from five archives ranging in size and scope from a large institutional archive to a small, intimate family archive the article examines how archives engage with vital social justice questions. Applying the Critical Incident Technique (Flanagan, 1954), we analyze archivists' narratives via psychological models of justice. In each interview we highlight matters of social justice in archives on displaced scholars in World War II, the AIDS epidemic, Lesbian histories, the September 11th attack on the World Trade Center in New York City, conflict and protest resulting from a college's closure, and the entwinement of a family's history and their social justice values. This understanding of archives from the perspective of archivists theorizes the construct, archive, and conveys the rich empirical resources that archives offer researchers.

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2017

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Sociology of Justice

Liebig

Sauer

2016

Handbook of Social Justice Theory and Research

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“I had (my dreams) on hold, I had to …”: Mexican Descent Youth Discuss Factors That Lead to Leaving High School

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Despite Latinx students having the second highest rates of dropouts compared with other racial/ethnic groups, few studies qualitatively examine how Latinx youth view the academic and family contexts of leaving school. In this study, 16 Mexican descent youth from low-income backgrounds discussed why they felt pushed out of high school in focus groups. Grounded theory analysis revealed that youth perceive a lack of caring within schools and feel that they are blamed for lack of academic progress. Some youth felt they had to put their dreams on hold due to family stressors and lack of school resources—yet, they sustained hope for future career aspirations.

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Archives and Social Justice Research

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