Abstracts
Abstract
During COVID-19, many collaborative research teams and community partners pivoted to undertake their work in a virtual way. In this discussion, we capture the mechanics, logic, and situations under which virtual methods became relevant to applied interdisciplinary work. Using a shared voice, we chart the nuances of training and research through the redesign, the reimagining of research protocols, and the nuanced cultural gaps that exist between virtual connection and in-person visiting with community partners, Métis Knowledge Keepers, and experts. Through referencing our reflexive archive of experiences, emails, fieldnotes, and meeting minutes, we address how our attempt to simulate virtual informed consent has consequently provided insights into the value of co-creation and the importance of honouring visiting as a Métis method in virtual environments.
Keywords:
- Métis methods,
- care,
- collaboration,
- virtual methods,
- informed consent
Résumé
Pendant la pandémie de COVID-19, de nombreuses équipes de recherche collaborative et de partenaires communautaires se sont orientés vers le travail virtuel. Dans cet article, nous appréhendons les mécanismes, les logiques et les situations par lesquelles les méthodes virtuelles ont gagné en pertinence pour le travail interdisciplinaire appliqué. Nous retraçons d’une voix commune les nuances de la formation et de la recherche à travers le réexamen et la reconception des protocoles de recherche ainsi que les écarts culturels subtils qui existent entre, d’une part, les connexions virtuelles et, d’autre part, les visites en personne chez les partenaires communautaires, les gardiens du savoir métis et les experts. Puisant dans nos archives réflexives d’expériences, de courriels, de notes de terrain et de comptes rendus de réunions, nous expliquons comment nos efforts de simulation d’un consentement éclairé virtuel ont mis en lumière la valeur de la co-création et l’importance d’honorer la visite en tant que méthode métis en milieu virtuel.
Mots-clés :
- méthodes métis,
- care,
- collaboration,
- méthodes virtuelles,
- consentement éclairé
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