ABSTRACT
The rhetoric of feminist action research (FAR) presents the notions of inclusion, participation, action, and social change in relatively uncritical and idealistic terms. In response to feminist action research's idealism and calls for feminist methods that truly work with, rather than for, women, in this chapter explores the experiences of working together as the Research Team. The chapter examines the ways that the Research Team as feminist action research addressed, corrected, and reproduced oppressive relations and increased understandings of the role of research and the researcher in social justice agendas. It theorizes and challenges the ideals of feminist action research. The author also reflects on her fieldwork experiences and how anger, power, control, and conflict surfaced. The author consciously chooses to foreground the women's experiences with the Research Team and to leave author's personal reflections.
