Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Introduction: The Efficacy of Duoethnography in Teaching and Learning: A Return to its Roots

  • Chapter
  • First Online:
Theorizing Curriculum Studies, Teacher Education, and Research through Duoethnographic Pedagogy

Abstract

Since its debut in 2003 (Norris & Sawyer, 2003), duoethnography has become a widely known research methodology, through which people of difference reconceptualize their histories of a particular phenomenon in juxtaposition with one anOther. The first publication (Norris & Sawyer, 2004) examined sexual orientation but wasn’t even labeled as a duoethnography until republished in 2015 (Sawyer & Norris, 2015a). After a few initial conference presentations, colleagues in attendance requested more details regarding Joe’s and Rick’s dialogic approach that resulted in a second set of presentations discussing their emergent methodology. By 2005, a name was created (Norris & Sawyer, 2005) and, over time, a series of emergent tenets were articulated (Norris, 2008; Norris & Sawyer, 2012; Sawyer & Norris, 2013, 2015b).

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

Access this chapter

Log in via an institution
Chapter
USD 29.95
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
eBook
USD 79.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as EPUB and PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Hardcover Book
USD 99.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

Purchases are for personal use only

Institutional subscriptions

References

  • Agosto, V., Marn, T., & Ramiriz, R. (2015). Biracial place walkers on campus. A trioethnography of culture, climate, and currere. International Review of Qualitative Research, 8(1), 109–126.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Banting, N., & De Loof, S. (2016). Right and wrong (and good enough): A duoethnography within a graduate curriculum studies course. In J. Norris & R. D. Sawyer (Eds.), Theorizing curriculum studies, teacher education and research through duoethnographic pedagogy. New York: Palgrave Macmillan.

    Google Scholar 

  • Bhabha, H. (1990). The third space. In J. Rutherford (Ed.). Identity. community, culture, difference (pp. 207–221). London: Lawrence & Wishart.

    Google Scholar 

  • Breault, R. (2016). Dialogic life history in preservice teacher education. In J. Norris & R. D. Sawyer (Eds.), Theorizing curriculum studies, teacher education and research through duoethnographic pedagogy. New York: Palgrave Macmillan.

    Google Scholar 

  • Brown, H. A. (2014). An autothenographic approach to reviewing duoethnography. Alberta Journal of Educational Research, 59(3), 525–528.

    Google Scholar 

  • Brown, H. A., & Barrett, J. (2016). Duoethnography as a pedagogical tool that encourages deep reflection. In J. Norris & R. D. Sawyer (Eds.), Theorizing curriculum studies, teacher education and research through duoethnographic pedagogy. New York: Palgrave Macmillan.

    Google Scholar 

  • Chappell, D. (2013). In ethnographic research, might two heads be better than one? A book review of duoethnography: Dialogic methods for social, health, and educational research. Youth Theatre Journal, 27(1), 87–89.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Cochran-Smith, M. (2003). Learning and unlearning: The education of teacher educators. Teaching and Teacher Education, 19(1), 5–28.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Davidson, J. (2010). Twisting, turning, folding, and recreating the notion of collaboration in qualitative research… through an artistic lens. International Journal of Education & the Arts, 11, 1–5.

    Google Scholar 

  • Denzin, N. K. (2013). Interpretive autoethnography (Vol. 17). London: Sage Publications.

    Google Scholar 

  • Diaz, C., & Grain, K. (2016). Community, identity, and graduate education: Using duoethnography as a mechanism for forging connections in academia. In J. Norris & R. D. Sawyer (Eds.), Theorizing curriculum studies, teacher education and research through duoethnographic pedagogy. New York: Palgrave Macmillan.

    Google Scholar 

  • Ellis, C., & Rawicki, J. (2013). Collaborative witnessing of survival during the Holocaust an exemplar of relational autoethnography. Qualitative Inquiry, 19(5), 366–380.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Farquhar, S., Fitzpatrick, E., & LeFevre, D. (2016). A vision for our children’s education: Navigating tensions between mothers and scholars. In K. Scott & A. Henward (Eds.), Women education scholars and their children’s schooling (pp. 99–110). New York: Routledge.

    Google Scholar 

  • Freire, P. (1986). Pedagogy of the oppressed. New York: The Continuum Publishing Corporation.

    Google Scholar 

  • Gómez, G. S. (2013). Book review: Joe Norris, Richard D. Sawyer and Darren Lund, Duoethnography—Dialogic methods for social, health, and educational research. Qualitative Research, 13(4), 474–475.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Grant, A. J., & Radcliffe, M. A. (2015). Resisting technical rationality in mental health nurse higher education: A duoethnography. The Qualitative Report, 20(6), 815.

    Google Scholar 

  • Henderson, J. G. (2001). Deepening democratic curriculum work. Educational Researcher, 30(9), 18–21.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Huckaby, M. F., & Weinburgh, M. (2011). Alleyways and pathways: Our avenues through patriotic songs. In J. Norris, R. D. Sawyer, & D. E. Lund (Eds.), Duoethnography: Dialogic methods for social, health, and educational research (pp. 157–176). New York: Routledge.

    Google Scholar 

  • Hummel, G. S., & Toyosaki, S. (2015). Duoethnography as relational whiteness pedagogy. International Review of Qualitative Research, 8(1), 27–48.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Kidd, J., & Finlayson, M. P. (2015). She pushed me, and I flew: A duoethnographical story from supervisors in flight. Paper presented at the Forum Qualitative Sozialforschung/Forum, Qualitative Social Research.

    Google Scholar 

  • Latz, A. O., & Murray, J. L. (2012). A duoethnography on duoethnography: More than a book review. The Qualitative Report, 17(36), 1–8.

    Google Scholar 

  • Lévinas, E. (1984). Emmanuel Lévinas. In R. Kearney (Ed.), Dialogues with contemporary Continental thinkers (pp. 47–70). Manchester: Manchester University Press.

    Google Scholar 

  • Lund, D. E., Holmes, K., Hanson, A., Sitter, K., Scott, D., & Grain, K. (2016). Exploring duoethnography in graduate research courses. In J. Norris & R. D. Sawyer (Eds.), Theorizing curriculum studies, teacher education and research through duoethnographic pedagogy. New York: Palgrave Macmillan.

    Google Scholar 

  • McClure, G. (2012). Norris, J., Sawyer, R., & Lund, D. (2012). Duoethnography: Dialogic methods for social, health, and educational research. International Journal of Multicultural Education, 14(3), 1–3.

    Google Scholar 

  • McWilliam, E. (2005). Unlearning pedagogy. Journal of Learning Design, 1(1), 1–11.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Norris, J. (2008). Duoethnography. In L. M. Given (Ed.), The SAGE encyclopedia of qualitative research methods (Vol. 1, pp. 233–236). Los Angeles: SAGE.

    Google Scholar 

  • Norris, J. (2009). Playbuilding as qualitative research: A participatory arts-based approach. New York: Routledge.

    Google Scholar 

  • Norris, J., & Bilash, O. (2016). A journey towards mutualist teaching and learning: A collaborative reflective practice on community building and democratic classrooms. In R. D. Sawyer & J. Norris (Eds.), Interdisciplinary reflective practice through duoethnography: Examples for educators. New York: Palgrave Macmillan.

    Google Scholar 

  • Norris, J., & Sawyer, R. (2003). The curriculum of homosexuality: The currere of a straight gay male; The curriculum of heterosexuality: The currere of a gay straight male. Paper presented at the Curriculum and Pedagogy Conference, Decatur, Georgia.

    Google Scholar 

  • Norris, J., & Sawyer, R. (2004). Null and hidden curricula of sexual orientation: A dialogue on the curreres of the absent presence and the present absence. In L. Coia, M. Birch, N. J. Brooks, E. Heilman, S. Mayer, A. Mountain, & P. Pritchard (Eds.), Democratic responses in an era of standardization (pp. 139–159). Troy, NY: Educators’ International Press.

    Google Scholar 

  • Norris, J., & Sawyer, R. (2005). Towards the dialogic and critical engagement of duoethnography for transformative curriculum: An interactive discussion of methodology. Paper presented at the Curriculum and Pedagogy Conference, Oxford, Ohio.

    Google Scholar 

  • Norris, J., & Sawyer, R. (2012). Toward a dialogic methodology. In J. Norris, R. D. Sawyer, & D. E. Lund (Eds.), Duoethnography: Dialogic methods for social, health, and educational research (pp. 9–39). New York: Routledge.

    Google Scholar 

  • Norris, J., & Sawyer, R. (2015). Guest editors. International Review of Qualitative Research, 8(1), 1–143.

    Google Scholar 

  • Norris, J., Sawyer, R. D., & Lund, D. (Eds.). (2012). Duoethnography: Dialogic methods for social, health, and educational research. New York: Routledge.

    Google Scholar 

  • Norris, J., Sawyer, R. D., & Wiebe, S. (2016). Teaching through duoethnography in teacher education and graduate curriculum theory courses. In J. Norris & R. D. Sawyer (Eds.), Introduction the efficacy of duoethnography in teaching and learning: A return to its roots. New York: Palgrave Macmillan.

    Google Scholar 

  • Pinar, W. (1994). The method of Currere (1975). In W. Pinar (Ed.), Autobiography, politics and sexuality: Essays in curriculum theory 1972–1992 (pp. 19–27). New York: Peter Lang.

    Google Scholar 

  • Ramis, H. (Director). (1993). Groundhog Day. Culver City: Columbia Pictures.

    Google Scholar 

  • Rankie Shelton, N., & McDermott, M. (2015). Duoethnography on friendship. International Review of Qualitative Research, 8(1), 68–89.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Reeves, S., Peller, J., Goldman, J., & Kitto, S. (2013). Ethnography in qualitative educational research: AMEE Guide No. 80. Medical Teacher, 35(8), e1365–e1379.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Said, E. W. (1993). Culture and imperialism. New York: Alfred A Knopf.

    Google Scholar 

  • Sameshima, P. (2013). Duoethnography. Understanding qualitative research & duoethnography: Promoting personal and societal change within dialogic self-study. Journal of the Canadian Association for Curriculum Studies, 11(1), 174–190.

    Google Scholar 

  • Sawyer, R., & Norris, J. (2013). Understanding qualitative research: Duoethnography. New York: Oxford University Press.

    Google Scholar 

  • Sawyer, R., & Norris, J. (2015a). Hidden and null curricula of sexual orientation: A duoethnography of the absent presence and the present absence. International Review of Qualitative Research, 8(1), 5–26.

    Google Scholar 

  • Sawyer, R., & Norris, J. (2015b). Duoethnography: A retrospective 10 years after. International Review of Qualitative Research, 8(1), 1–4.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Sawyer, R. & Norris, J. (2016). Interdisciplinary reflective practice through duoethnography: Examples for educators. New York: Palgrave Macmillan.

    Google Scholar 

  • Schmidt, C., & Gagné, A. (2014). Diversity and equity in an educational research partnership: A duoethnographic inquiry. IJE4D Journal, 3, 1–19.

    Google Scholar 

  • Spencer, C., & Paisley, K. (2013). Two women, a bottle of wine, and the bachelor: Duoethnography as a means to explore experiences of femininity in a leisure setting. Journal of Leisure Research, 45(5), 695.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Wachowski, A., & Wachowski, L. (Dirctors). (1999). The Matrix. Burbank, CA: Warner Brothers.

    Google Scholar 

  • Werner, W., & Rothe, P. (1979). Doing school ethnography. Edmonton: Department of Secondary Education, University of Alberta.

    Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Brock University, St. Catharines, ON, Canada

    Joe Norris

  2. Washington State University Vancouver, Vancouver, WA, USA

    Richard D. Sawyer

Authors
  1. Joe Norris
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. Richard D. Sawyer
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Editor information

Editors and Affiliations

  1. Brock University , St Catharines, Ontario, Canada

    Joe Norris

  2. Professor of Education, Washington State University Vancouver Professor of Education, Portland, Oregon, USA

    Richard D. Sawyer

Copyright information

© 2017 The Author(s)

About this chapter

Cite this chapter

Norris, J., Sawyer, R.D. (2017). Introduction: The Efficacy of Duoethnography in Teaching and Learning: A Return to its Roots. In: Norris, J., Sawyer, R. (eds) Theorizing Curriculum Studies, Teacher Education, and Research through Duoethnographic Pedagogy. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-51745-6_1

Download citation

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-51745-6_1

  • Published:

  • Publisher Name: Palgrave Macmillan, New York

  • Print ISBN: 978-1-137-51744-9

  • Online ISBN: 978-1-137-51745-6

  • eBook Packages: EducationEducation (R0)

Publish with us

Policies and ethics

Search

Navigation