Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in
Book cover
  • Book
  • © 2017

Reimagining Utopias

Theory and Method for Educational Research in Post-Socialist Contexts

Editors:

  1. Iveta Silova

    1. Arizona State University, USA

    View editor publications

    You can also search for this editor in PubMed   Google Scholar

  2. Noah W. Sobe

    1. Loyola University Chicago, USA

    View editor publications

    You can also search for this editor in PubMed   Google Scholar

  3. Alla Korzh

    1. School for International Training Graduate Institute, World Learning, USA

    View editor publications

    You can also search for this editor in PubMed   Google Scholar

  4. Serhiy Kovalchuk

    1. University of Toronto, Canada

    View editor publications

    You can also search for this editor in PubMed   Google Scholar

  • Textbooks on research methods and theory rarely recognize the contextualized nature of social science, yet this book challenges the existing paradigms and frameworks by arguing that post-socialist settings (like other geopolitical contexts) pose unique methodological, theoretical, and ethical dilemmas which merit careful attention, critical scrutiny, and creative untangling.
  • Each chapter reveals unique theoretical, methodological, and ethical dilemmas encountered by social science researchers and uses illustrative cases to examine researchers’ experiences in navigating complex fieldwork dilemmas in a wide range of post-socialist settings.
  • Spanning the fields of education, political science, sociology, anthropology, and history, this interdisciplinary book is an essential reference point for scholarship on post-socialist education research and will appeal to students, scholars, and researchers in a range of disciplines, as well as to practitioners in the field of international development.

Part of the book series: Bold Visions in Educational Research (BVER)

Sections

Buy it now

eBook USD 39.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

Other ways to access

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check for access.

Table of contents (18 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-vii
    PDF

  2. Introducing Research Dilemmas in Post-Socialist Education Contexts

    • Iveta Silova, Noah W. Sobe, Alla Korzh, Serhiy Kovalchuk
    Pages 1-12

  3. Researcher Positionality, Power, and Privilege

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 13-13
      PDF

    2. “She’s Our Spy”

      • Christine Beresniova
      Pages 15-31

    3. From the Inside Outside

      • Tatiana Bogachenko
      Pages 33-47

    4. “Now I have Three Directors”

      • Meg P. Gardinier
      Pages 49-64

    5. Pedagogical Peep Show

      • Elena Aydarova
      Pages 65-81

  4. Research, Community Engagement, and Activism

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 83-83
      PDF

    3. Journey of a “Gadzhe” Researcher

      • Veselina Lambrev
      Pages 101-117

  5. Data Collection, Collaborations, and Ethics

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 141-141
      PDF

    2. Institutional Review Boards and Intercultural Research Barriers

      • Martha C. Merrill, Christopher Whitsel
      Pages 143-161

    3. “Come Together”

      • Elise S. Ahn, Maganat Shegebayev
      Pages 163-179

    4. Facing the Research Challenges

      • Ulviyya Mikayilova, Elmina Kazimzade
      Pages 181-198

  6. Disciplinary Paradigms and Academic Traditions

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 215-215
      PDF

    4. Slovenian Pedagogy between Social Sciences and Humanities

      • Irena Lesar, Klara Skubic Ermenc
      Pages 245-259
Back to top

About this book

Reimaginig Utopias explores the shifting social imaginaries of post-socialist transformations to understand what happens when the new and old utopias of post-socialism confront the new and old utopias of social science. This peer-reviewed volume addresses the theoretical, methodological, and ethical dilemmas encountered by researchers in the social sciences as they plan and conduct education research in post-socialist settings, as well as disseminate their research findings. Through an interdisciplinary inquiry that spans the fields of education, political science, sociology, anthropology, and history, the book explores three broad questions: How can we (re)imagine research to articulate new theoretical insights about post-socialist education transformations in the context of globalization? How can we (re)imagine methods to pursue alternative ways of producing knowledge? And how can we navigate various ethical dilemmas in light of academic expectations and fieldwork realities? Drawing on case studies, conceptual and theoretical essays, autoethnographic accounts, as well as synthetic introductory and conclusion chapters by the editors, this book advances an important conversation about these complicated questions in geopolitical settings ranging from post-socialist Africa to Eastern Europe and Central Asia. The contributors not only expose the limits of Western conceptual frameworks and research methods for understanding post-socialist transformations, but also engage creatively in addressing the persisting problems of knowledge hierarchies created by abstract universals, epistemic difference, and geographical distance inherent in comparative and international education research. This book challenges the readers to question the existing education narratives and rethink taken-for-granted beliefs, theoretical paradigms, and methodological frameworks in order to reimagine the world in more complex and pluriversal ways.
Back to top

Keywords

Back to top

Editors and Affiliations

  • Arizona State University, USA

    Iveta Silova

  • Loyola University Chicago, USA

    Noah W. Sobe

  • School for International Training Graduate Institute, World Learning, USA

    Alla Korzh

  • University of Toronto, Canada

    Serhiy Kovalchuk

Back to top

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Reimagining Utopias

  • Book Subtitle: Theory and Method for Educational Research in Post-Socialist Contexts

  • Editors: Iveta Silova, Noah W. Sobe, Alla Korzh, Serhiy Kovalchuk

  • Series Title: Bold Visions in Educational Research

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6351-011-0

  • Publisher: SensePublishers Rotterdam

  • eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)

  • Copyright Information: SensePublishers-Rotterdam, The Netherlands 2017

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-6351-011-0Published: 13 July 2017

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: CCCXXVIII, 8

  • Topics: Education, general

Back to top

Publish with us

Policies and ethics

Back to top
Access via your institution

Buy it now

eBook USD 39.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

Other ways to access

Search

Navigation