1. Gender, Reflexivity, and Positionality in Male Research in One's Own Community With Filipino Seafarers' Wives
- Author
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Roderick Galam
- Subjects
feminism ,interviews ,representation ,Philippines ,Reflexivität ,everyday life ,male research with female participants ,Sociology & anthropology ,Philippinen ,husband ,life situation ,narratives ,Schifffahrt ,Geschlechterforschung ,reflexivity ,positionality ,fieldwork relations ,male feminism ,seafarers' wives ,Ilocos Norte, Philippines ,gender ,shipping ,lcsh:Social sciences (General) ,Lebenssituation ,Sozialwissenschaften, Soziologie ,Narration ,Alltag ,methodology ,Methodologie ,ddc:300 ,lcsh:H1-99 ,Family Sociology, Sociology of Sexual Behavior ,ddc:301 ,Familiensoziologie, Sexualsoziologie ,Wissenschaftler ,Ethik ,Ehefrau ,gender studies ,wife ,Interview ,Social sciences, sociology, anthropology ,Repräsentation ,Feminismus ,Positionalität ,Feldbeziehungen ,Ilocos Norte ,Seemann ,ethics ,Frauen- und Geschlechterforschung ,Soziologie, Anthropologie ,Ehemann ,Women's Studies, Feminist Studies, Gender Studies ,scientist - Abstract
This article reflects on the epistemological, methodological, and ethical issues related to undertaking a cross-gender research (male researcher with female participants) in one's own community. It also examines issues of analysis and representation germane to taking a gendered perspective in this study of the lives and experiences of left-behind women. The article frames the discussion of these issues within four interrelated sites or levels of reflexivity: theoretical reflexivity, gender and fieldwork relations, positionality and the insider/outsider dynamic, and representation. The conclusion reflects on the ethical obligation a researcher conducting a study in one's own community bears and the consequences of this ethical burden on representation. URN: http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:0114-fqs1503139, Forum Qualitative Sozialforschung / Forum: Qualitative Social Research, Vol 16, No 3 (2015)
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- 2015