Explicating the relationally attentive approach to conducting engaged communication scholarship |
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| Authors: | Stacey L Connaughton Jasmine R Linabary Arunima Krishna Kai Kuang Agaptus Anaele Kelly S Vibber |
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| Institution: | 1. The Brian Lamb School of Communication, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA;2. Department of Mass Communication, Advertising, and Public Relations, Boston University, Boston, MA, USA;3. Department of Communication Studies, Bloomsburg University, Bloomsburg, PA, USA;4. Department of Marketing Communication, Emerson College, Boston, MA, USA;5. Department of Communication, University of Dayton, Dayton, OH, USA |
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| Abstract: | As interest in engaged communication scholarship grows, so does the need for concrete examples of how such research is done. In this essay, we articulate an example of the how by presenting the work of the Purdue Peace Project, a locally led peacebuilding initiative based at Purdue University. We do so by (a) explicating the communicative choices in our approach to engaged scholarship and (b) relating these choices to the impacts that our approach has had on preventing political violence related to a chieftaincy dispute in Keperman (pseudonym), Ghana. Based on qualitative data from multiple time points, we unpack our communicative choices, relate these choices to the realization of engagement goals and setbacks, and reveal multi-level, interdependent, and communicative indicators of impacts. We present what we term the relationally attentive approach to engaged communication scholarship and discuss implications and recommendations for those doing engaged scholarship. |
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| Keywords: | Dialogue engaged scholarship peacebuilding relationally attentive approach |
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