Tuck and Yang

Question 1

Damage-Centered Research

Answer 1

research that intends to document peoples’ pain and brokenness to hold those in power accountable for their oppression.

Question 2

Limits of damage centred research

Answer 2

1. ) colonial & flawed.
2. ) communities are left with a narrative that tells them that they are broken.
3. ) tendency to focus on individuals and events, erasing ongoing and structural issues.
4. ) subaltern agency, knowledge, and authorship over paths forward is erased.

Question 3

Desire-based research

Answer 3

• Retains the benefits of narrative but re-centers agency.
• Asks questions of communities about possibility and innovation.
• Look to the past and the future to situate analyses.

Question 4

What is Meant by Refusal for Tuck and Yang?

Answer 4

Attempt to place limits on conquest and colonization of knowledge by marking what is off limits, what is not up for discussion, what is sacred, and what can’t be known.