Partnering for research: A critical discourse analysis

Abstract

Using a critical discourse analysis, informed by poststructuralist theory, we explore the research phenomenon of coerced partnership. This lens allows us to pay attention to the social relations of power operating in knowledge generation processes, especially as they affect feminist researchers in adult education. We propose an alternative vision of partnership which politicizes the term partnership, attends to civil society, maps resistances and values the process by all partners.

Keywords:

• discourse
• poststructuralism
• feminism
• collaboration
• gender
• power
• academic work