Embodying the Field: A researcher's reflections on power dynamics, positionality and the nature of research relationships

This article focuses on the various ways in which research relationships evolve and are negotiated by paying particular attention to the embodied nature of ethnographic research. By drawing on my own research experience of interviewing South African Muslim women about sexual dynamics, I critically e...

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Main Author: Hoel, Nina (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Equinox [2013]
In: Fieldwork in religion
Year: 2013, Volume: 8, Issue: 1, Pages: 27-49
Further subjects:B power dynamics
B Ethnography
B South Africa
B Embodiment
B Muslim Women
B positionality
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