Decolonizing Parapsychology

[...]with the limited number of researchers in the field coupled with the underfunded institutional sup- port for the discipline, this question may strike many as not pertinent or even unrelated to the study of psi. Parapsychology has followed the methods of the natural sciences for a century, and,...

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Published in:	The Journal of parapsychology 2022-04, Vol.86 (1), p.42-44
Main Author:	Glazier, Jacob W
Format:	Article
Language:	eng
Subjects:	Colonialism Decolonization Discipline Eurocentrism Parapsychology Postcolonialism Research methodology Values
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Summary:	[...]with the limited number of researchers in the field coupled with the underfunded institutional sup- port for the discipline, this question may strike many as not pertinent or even unrelated to the study of psi. Parapsychology has followed the methods of the natural sciences for a century, and, in terms of scientific legitimacy, public acceptance, and institutional support, this has been a failure by all accounts (Reber & Alcock, 2019). The speakers offered tips for understanding the ways that, for example, in clinical supervision, supervisors may unwittingly be passing their values onto their supervisees by, put very curiously, not holding space for dissenting voices or alternative approaches.
ISSN:	0022-3387