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Putting Emotion and Reflexivity to Work in Researching Migration

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ID2321841
AuthorsBarbara Gray (0000-0001-8384-0141, University of Limerick, corresponding author), Breda Gray (University of Limerick)
Year2008
Volume42
Issue5
Pages935-952
Publication date2008-10-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueSociology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0038-0385 • E-ISSN: 1469-8684
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0038038508094571
OpenAlexW2128570647
LanguageEN
Citations received55
References cited31

Recent debates within sociology and feminist theory have identified a need for reflexive research and noted the importance of emotion in the researcher's relationship to the object of research and the research process.This article contributes to these debates by arguing that emotionally mediated apprehensions of the object of study and the practice of critical reflexivity in sociological research cannot be separated. This is because emotional identifications and attachments are central to the (re)framing of the object of study and the politics of knowledge production. Thus, attempts to find more reliable grounds for knowledge claims must be located in the interrelated landscapes of feeling, intellect and politics

Epistemology · Feeling · Framing (construction) · Intellect · Knowledge production · Object (grammar) · Political science · Politics · Reflexivity · Social science · Sociology · Law · Migration, Health and Trauma · Migration, Refugees, and Integration · Philosophy · Qualitative Research Methods and Ethics

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