Trust and temporality in participatory research

Andrea Armstrong; Emma Flynn; Karen Salt; Jo Briggs; Rachel Clarke; John Vines; Alistair MacDonald

doi:10.1177/14687941211065163

Trust and temporality in participatory research

Andrea Armstrong^*, Emma Flynn, Karen Salt, Jo Briggs, Rachel Clarke, John Vines, Alistair MacDonald

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Abstract

This paper argues that trust cannot be taken for granted in long-term participatory research and promotes greater consideration to conceptualizing the trusting process as fluid and fragile. This awareness by researchers can reveal to them how the passing of time shapes and reshapes the nature of trusting relationships and their constant negotiation and re-negotiation. The paper draws together literature from different disciplines on the themes of trust, temporality and participatory research and outcomes from interviews and workshops undertaken for The Trust Map project to focus on two key moments that reveal the fragility of trust. These are the subtlety of disruption and trust on trial and trust at a distance. We discuss how trust was built over time through processes of interaction that were continually tested, incremental and participatory.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1000-1021
Number of pages	22
Journal	Qualitative Research
Volume	23
Issue number	4
Early online date	10 Jan 2022
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/14687941211065163
Publication status	Published - 1 Aug 2023

Keywords

North East England
Trust
UK
co-design
participatory research
temporality

UN SDGs

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Trust and temporality in participatory research

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