Autoethnography, Reflexivity, and Insider Researcher Dynamics
Reflections on Investigating Violence against Men in Intimate Relationships
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 17699372 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Emmanuel Rowlands (0000-0002-5775-3826, University of Johannesburg, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 26 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Publication date | 2022-03-11 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | African Sociological Review / Revue Africaine de Sociologie (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1027-4332 • E-ISSN: 1027-4332 |
| Publisher | Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (PUBLISHER • SN) |
| DOI | 10.57054/asr.v6i2.3976 |
| OpenAlex | W4360597521 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 20 |
Autoethnography is a qualitative research method for relating lived-through personal experiences to a range of existing social representations. It is regarded as self-representation in examining and critiquing dominant representations. While the researcher’s subjectivities are restricted within the ethnographic qualitative framework, autoethnography emphasises this foundation as essential to data collection, interpretation, and analysis in the research process. In this paper, I discuss how my lived-through personal experience of abuse influenced how/why I conceptualised, investigated, and represented the lived experiences of several abused male victims of intimate partner violence in Johannesburg, which are typically ignored in gender- based violence literature. The paper comments on tactics used to negotiate ethical dilemmas as part of a conceptual examination of the benefits of reflexivity and insider positionality to reinforce the self-reflective autoenthgrapahy as a valuable qualitative method
Autoethnography · Epistemology · Ethnography · Insider · Negotiation · Qualitative research · Reflexivity · Social science · Sociology · Anthropology · Gender Studies · Participatory Visual Research Methods · Psychology · Qualitative Research Methods and Applications · Qualitative Research Methods and Ethics · Social Psychology
Violence against women
Laying Claim to a Name
Police reaction to the male victim of domestic violence in South Africa
A review of the evidence on the effects of intimate partner violence on men
Autoethnography as a Strategy for Engaging in Reflexivity
Reflexivity and beyond – a plea for imagination in qualitative research methodology
Positionality statement on studying male victims of intimate partner abuse in Zimbabwe
Theorizing Gender in Intimate Partner Violence Research
Using thematic analysis in psychology
Practical Research
The practice of social research
Successful Qualitative Research
The elite delusion
Conducting fieldwork at and away from home
Now I see it, now I don't
Analytic Autoethnography
Commonality, Difference and the Dynamics of Disclosure in In-Depth Interviewing
Sociological Theories of Intimate Partner Violence
| Unique citing works | 4 |
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| Citations per year | 2 |
| Citation span | 2024 - 2026 (3) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |