Dangerous Arms and Everyday Activism

A Dialogue Between Two Researchers with Lived Experience of Self-Harm

Dados Bibliográficos

ID21206137
AutoresFiona J Stirling (0000-0001-6241-6704, Abertay University, autor correspondente), Amy Chandler (0000-0002-9861-9295, University of Edinburgh, autor correspondente)
Ano2021
Volume14
Fascículo1
Páginas155-170
Data de publicação2021-05-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoInternational Review of Qualitative Research (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1940-8447 • E-ISSN: 1940-8455
EditoraSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/1940844720948078
OpenAlexW3082868192
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas7
Referências citadas19

Using the format of dialogue, this paper is a collaborative exploration of navigating academia in self-harm scarred bodies. Prompted by the proposal of social media regulators to blur and ban self-harm scars, thus communicating such bodies as “dangerous,” our dialogue considers personal notions of activism, researcher identity, emotional labor, future potential, and the importance of finding and building communities for embodied solidarity. Structured as a single flowing discussion, the dialogue itself is (re)constituted from conversation, follow-up emails, and reviewer feedback. Explorations rely predominantly on personal experience and are supported in places by literature which has informed and shaped our ideas. In itself, this paper will be an “everyday act of defiance” in being seen, as well as advocating for spaces such as ECQI where meaningful connections can be instigated and maintained, and dialogues continued

Aesthetics · Art · Conversation · Embodied cognition · Epistemology · Everyday life · Harm · Internet privacy · Political science · Public relations · Sociology · Solidarity · Communication · Computer Science · Law · Mental Health and Patient Involvement · Psychology · Social Psychology · Social Work Education and Practice · Suicide and Self-Harm Studies