Professional Power Struggles in Participatory Research

Abstract

A hallmark of participatory research is its ability to overcome power imbalances and empower its participants through a sharing of power and decision making from design to dissemination. However, that is not to say that such sharing of power and decision making is unproblematic. This brief reports on one such experience of problematic power dynamics set within the legal profession and reflexively considers the positionality of participants on the power balance continuum.