On disagreeing with your co-researchers

Abstract

In this paper I wish to discuss the dilemma of how one should relate to disagreement in the context of co-research. Based on my own research on everyday life with ADHD, I will seek to bring the discussions of critical practice research in the tradition of Psychology from the Standpoint of the subject (PSS) as a kind of democratizing practice (Chimirri & Pedersen, 2019) into dialogue with the dilemma of how one relates to disagreements in practice research. This is done in relation to epistemology by way of Celikates’ (2018) discussions on Critical Theory as Critical Reconstruction, in relation to morals/ethics by way of Hannah Arendt’s concept of visiting (Matthiesen & Klitmøller, 2019) and methodology by way of Jensens (1992) the interview as ideologically confrontative. I will conclude the paper with further considerations about how disagreement figures in the practice of co-research, especially when taking account of ideological and political engagements of practice researchers and co-researchers.