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ABSTRACT
This article proposes an arts-based ethnographic research design as a means of engaging in ethical, meaningful, and culturally sensitive research with newcomer communities. Moving away from the manner in which culture has traditionally been defined and studied in psychology, this research design uses cultural probes and subsequent qualitative interviews to collect data about newcomers’ everyday experiences in Canada. Cultural probes are sets of creative items (e.g., cameras, diaries, maps, paint supplies, postcards) that are given to participants to prompt them to document their lives in their new environment. These cultural probes are later unpacked and discussed in individual qualitative interviews. Results are disseminated and archived in ways that are meant to engage and empower communities. Specifically, the process of creating a cultural exhibit collaboratively with participants is discussed.
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Anusha Kassan
Anusha Kassan, PhD, is a registered psychologist and an assistant professor in counselling psychology at the University of Calgary. She is also the Chair of the Section on Counselling Psychology of the Canadian Psychological Association. Influenced by her own bi-cultural identity, Dr. Kassan’s program of study is informed by an overarching social justice lens. Currently, her research focuses on migration experiences across different groups (e.g., newcomer youth, newcomer women, same-sex binational couples, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer newcomers) as well as the area of teaching and learning, investigating the development of cultural and social justice competencies from the perspective of graduate students and field supervisors.