Implicating Ourselves Through Our Research

A Duoethnography of Researcher Reflexivity

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ID18976293
AutoresM Wiant Cummins (0000-0002-9189-0023, The University of Texas at Arlington, autor correspondente), Grace Ellen Brannon (0000-0003-1116-9015, The University of Texas at Arlington)
Ano2022
Volume51
Fascículo1
Páginas85-102
Data de publicação2022-02-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoJournal of Contemporary Ethnography (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0891-2416 • E-ISSN: 1552-5414
EditoraSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/08912416211021898
OpenAlexW3172500650
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas14
Referências citadas15

Researcher reflexivity is not a new concept in qualitative research. However, how/if researchers engage in that reflexivity varies. In this essay, the authors engage in reflexivity about a research project they conducted together. The previous project consisted of semi-structured interviews with U.S.-based mothers regarding their perceptions about motherhood. We then used intensive motherhood as a theoretical lens through which we analyzed the interviews. The project also encompassed mothers’ perceptions during the COVID-19 global pandemic. Through duoethnography, the researchers reflexively consider major dead angles of their project, challenges they faced, and what reflexivity brings to the forefront. They further reflect on their own communication processes throughout the research project and discuss implications for future researchers. As a result, the authors call for researchers to consider their own positionalities and the effects on research more deeply through collaboration and continual reevaluation

Perception · Qualitative research · Reflexivity · Social science · Sociology · Focus Groups and Qualitative Methods · Participatory Visual Research Methods · Psychology · Qualitative Research Methods and Ethics