Learning through a Reunion of Mind-Body-Emotion-Spirits

Experience of Mindfulness-Based Reflexivity in Critical Qualitative Research

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ID21206260
AuthorsChizuru Nobe-Ghelani (0000-0001-5933-7685, corresponding author)
Year2018
Volume11
Issue4
Pages413-431
Publication date2018-11-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueInternational Review of Qualitative Research (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1940-8447 • E-ISSN: 1940-8455
PublisherSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1525/irqr.2018.11.4.413
OpenAlexW2911674833
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited12

While reflexivity has been taken up as an important concept in critical qualitative research, there are few texts that illustrate explicit approaches to practicing reflexivity. Drawing on my doctoral research experience, this article fills this gap and explores how the practice of mindfulness may guide us to a rich engagement with reflexivity during the critical qualitative research process, in particular within the context of interactions with research participants. More specifically, mindfulness is put forth as a practice to invite an embodied and holistic form of learning that goes beyond cognitive knowing. I argue that a mindfulness-based reflexivity has the potential to open up a space to learn from the messiness and discomfort experienced in the research process and deepen our understanding about the operation of power relations in critical qualitative research and beyond

Embodied cognition · Epistemology · Mindfulness · Psychotherapist · Qualitative research · Reflexivity · Social science · Sociology · Computer Science · Mental Health and Patient Involvement · Participatory Visual Research Methods · Psychology · Qualitative Research Methods and Ethics

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