Exploring the Dynamics of Subjectivity and Power Between Researcher and Researched

Abstract: Three studies are described and examined in terms of the power dynamics created through the subjective positions made salient for both researchers and the participants by the research process. The reflexive accounts of these studies are informed by the poststructuralist critique of reflexivity as both a truthful representation of the research process and one that can be produced by stable and unitary authors. In this paper subjectivity and power are explored through the use of different narrative styles that work to highlight the contradictory and fragmented nature of reflexivity as a new construction of (a past) reality. In the first investigation a female researcher exploring women's experiences of anger describes the process of taking analysis back to her participants to enhance the researcher's understanding of her data. Taking the approach to reflexivity as one of introspection and collaboration a single narrator tells the tale of conflict and resolution between her subjective.... https://www.qualitative-research.net/index.php/fqs/article/view/713

Object Details

• Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Extent: Online-Ressource
• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Exploring the Dynamics of Subjectivity and Power Between Researcher and Researched ; volume:4 ; number:2 ; day:31 ; month:05 ; year:2003 ; Forum qualitative Sozialforschung ; 4, Heft 2 (31.05.2003)

Contributors, Places and Time

• Creator: Riley, Sarah ; Schouten, Wendy ; Cahill, Sharon

Further information

• DOI: 10.17169/fqs-4.2.713
• URN: urn:nbn:de:0114-fqs0302400
• Rights: Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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