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black feminist methodology and praxis with (formerly) criminalized black women
This case study is an example of Black feminist praxis, ethnography, and self-reflection as a method and critical component of decolonizing research when interviewing and conducting collaborative research with incarcerated and formerly incarcerated Black women. Historically, research about incarcerated women within the context of sociological or criminology study has ignored or trivialized the importance of gender as an organizing feature of society, instead privileging the experiences of White men (Morash & Schram, 2002). Feminist criminology challenged this framework, calling for an incorporation of gender and race within the disciplines. However, Kathleen Daly (1995) argued that this addition of "add women and stir' or "add race and stir" (Daly, 1995, cited in Morash & Schram, 2002) still rendered marginalized and racialized women as special interest groups outside mainstream perspectives. It was not until the advent of critical race feminism, an outgrowth of critical legal studies and critical race theory that relies on the theory of intersectionality (see Crenshaw, 1989) to explicate and de-essentialize the experiences of racialized women, that these voices were centered in legal and criminal justice discussions (see Wing, 1997; Wing and Pappalardo, 2022). These two frameworks are important for decolonial antiracist feminist praxis. This case study presents an analysis of a research project where one-on-one interviews were conducted with incarcerated Black women about citizenship, belonging, and postrelease reintegration services and programs. The research did not focus on the charges associated with participants; rather, the narratives of incarcerated Black women were documented to allow for agency in the production of their own discourse and knowledge. In this case study, we discuss the importance of moving beyond research and data collection to a more collaborative approach to decolonizing research practice that centers ethnographic narratives of incarcerated Black women and calls for researchers to fully immerse and locate themselves in the nexus of insider-outsider tensions and self-reflection when conducting fieldwork with vulnerable populations. Regarding relational pedagogic practice, this case study moves away from traditional case study submissions in that firsthand logics from Denise, a formerly incarcerated Black woman, are included to demonstrate ethnography in action.
SAGE Research methods: diversifying and decolonizing research