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Nusbaum, University of San Francisco Kathleen C. Sitter, Memorial University  \nAbstract  \nDuoethnography (DE) is a collaborative research method where two or more individuals explore similar and different meanings of a phenomenon, based on each of their life experiences (Norris, 2008). Created by Joe Norris and Rick Sawyer, the approach is informed by the narrative tradition of storytelling and builds on Pinar's concept of currere. This paper will use one author’s experience with a DE project as a “case,” which provides a context for both authors to juxtapose their histories with DE. Our purpose is to uncover and disrupt many of the assumptions of able-bodied normativity within DE’s methodological processes, as this has yet to be explored within the duoethnographic literature. More specifically, we will use a reflexive process about the tenets of duoethnography as identified above to better understand the role of power within co-researcher differences, and to also explore the challenge and personal risk of research methods that require relationship, care, trust, and vulnerability.  \nKeywords: duoethnography, currere, normativity, ableism  \nBackground  \nDuoethnography is a form of research that connects the narratives of two individuals with Pinar’s (1975, 1994) concept of currere. The use of currere within duoethnography positions the researchers’ lives asthe curriculum—the sites of the research—with the goal of using themselves to support deeper exploration and understanding of a phenomena. Our conversation uses one of our recent encounters with duoethnography as a “case” through which we use the method to explore various methodological questions. Here, we draw on a number of the duoethnographic tenets outlined by Norris and Sawyer (2012) . We ensure our stories and voices are made explicit in order to intentionally juxtapose and disrupt metanarratives at the individual level by unpacking our personally held beliefs, and we invite the reader to further critique the relationship between the personal and larger narrative (Norris & Sawyer, 2012) . Duoethnographies are more than a conversational transcript; the conversation is inclusive of both the research and the analysis. In duoethnographies, readers are asked to bear-witness to the act of researchers engaging in a dialogic encounter where they explore and juxtapose their experiences and beliefs (Norris & Sawyer, 2012) . It is through  \nthis explicit juxtaposition of stories where “meanings can be and often are transformed through the research act”(Norris & Sawyer, 2012, p. 9) .  \nDuoethnography is also about making explicit how people “can experience the same phenomena differently” (p. 17) . In our dialogical encounter, we also share our different experiences of previously engaging with the methodology of duoethnography. Specifically, we use duoethnography to explore its potential as a critical, qualitative method through our discussions about normativity and ableism, related to research methods, disability, privilege, and the academy. While this approach calls for researchers to engage in a process that strives for research “with” and not“on” another individual (Norris & Sawyer, 2012), we find ourselves pushing the boundaries of this claim in a methodology that predominantly privileges written text. As a result of this process, wereconceptualise meanings ofthe past and found our own perspectives changed in how we understand and critique duoethnography as a critical qualitative methodology.  \nEncountering Duoethnography  \nKathy  \nI remember when we met at the American Education Research Association conference in 2013 based on our mutual work and research in the disability community. While we live in different countries, we continued to communicate via email about our research, especially our shared interested—yet varied e","cbCairX7p0LPmJKq","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCairX7p0LPmJKq","pdf",386346,12,"English","# Abstract\n# Background\n# Encountering Duoethnography\n## Kathy","[{\"question\":\"What is duoethnography and how does it relate to currere?\",\"answer\":\"Duoethnography connects the narratives of two individuals and uses Pinar’s concept of currere, treating researchers’ lives as the curriculum or sites of inquiry. The method relies on dialogue to support deeper exploration and understanding of a phenomenon.\"},{\"question\":\"How does the paper aim to disrupt able-bodied normativity in DE?\",\"answer\":\"The paper uses one author’s DE experience as a case to juxtapose histories and reflexively examine duoethnography’s tenets. It targets assumptions of able-bodied normativity and analyzes the role of power within differences between co-researchers.\"},{\"question\":\"Why does the authors’ approach emphasize power, vulnerability, and relationship in research methods?\",\"answer\":\"The paper highlights that researching “with” rather than “on” another person requires relationship, care, trust, and vulnerability. It discusses the challenge and personal risk involved in methodological processes that depend on these relational elements.\"}]","Disrupting the Able-Bodied Normativity of Shared Power in the Duoethnographic Process - A Critical, Disability Studies Lens | PDF",1792089419]