Providing an Authentic Voice? Understanding Migrant Homelessness through Critical Poetic Inquiry

Datos Bibliográficos

ID5935014
AutoresRegina C Serpa (0000-0003-4191-7205, University of Stirling, autor de correspondencia)
Año2021
Volumen11
Número1
Páginas6
Fecha de publicación2021-12-22
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaSocial Sciences (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 2076-0760 • E-ISSN: 2076-0760
EditorialMDPI AG (PUBLISHER • IT)
DOI10.3390/socsci11010006
OpenAlexW4200017943
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas4
Referencias citadas35

Ethical considerations in social research tend to focus on data collection rather than data interpretation and representation. The tendency of qualitative research to limit ethical concern to confidentiality and anonymity in the representation of data, combined with the academic convention of maintaining an objective distance from the object of study, creates tensions for the reflexive researcher. On the one hand, they must meet academic expectations to communicate findings with demonstrable reliability and validity. At the same time, there are deontological obligations-to protect study participants (and groups they represent) from harm, to honour their contributions accurately and to report with integrity. This article argues for the use of poetic 're-presentation', both as a form of inquiry and unique mode of data representation and as a means of obtaining a deeper understanding of the experience of migration and homelessness. By integrating insights from Critical Race Methodology, the article deploys the concept of 'counter-storytelling' through poetic inquiry. The article concludes that this approach enables a nuanced, insightful approach, allowing the authentic voice of migrant groups negotiating the complexities of homelessness to be clearly articulated and heard

Confidentiality · Harm · Honour · Narrative · Political science · Qualitative research · Reflexivity · Representation (politics · Social science · Sociology · Storytelling · Critical Race Theory in Education · Law · Psychology · Qualitative Research Methods and Ethics · Racial and Ethnic Identity Research · Social Psychology