THE BACKSTAGE OF A STUDY DURING THE PANDEMIC: a trioethnography about collaborative dialogues

ABSTRACT

This paper arises from the authors' interest in understanding the creative dialogues established behind the scenes of a broader research study they are part of. This was a qualitative research involving researchers (PIBIC, university professors, and graduate students) from three countries -Brazil, Canada and England, who were focusing on digital culture in educational communities in Stricto Sensu Graduate programs. The methodological approach of this article starts from a trioethnographic perspective. This academic writing style is more , personalized and conversational. From the emerging data, we explored 3 (three) moments in particular criticality, neoliberalism, and COVID-19 in the teaching reality and its implications for the development of this research;the role of linguistic competence and translation in the problematization of what we consider to be democratic and collaborative practices;and the (intercultural) renegotiation of research development. These moments are interpreted by the authors from their practices and experiences which are juxtaposed in this article to reflect the complexity of doing research from this dialogic and collaborative perspective in a pandemic context. The dialogues in this article deepen emerging discussions from a critical-reflexive perspective, bringing to light perceptions, views, feelings and implications of personal, affective, professional and academic-scientific interrelationships in the context of the development of this research. We understand, from the data produced in a rigorous but inconclusive way, that our analytical perspectives are loaded by different conceptions, contexts and life stories, and have approximations and distances which enrich this investigation process.