Silences, Neglected Feelings, and Blind-Spots in Research Practice

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ID23519782
AuthorsJanice M Irvine (0000-0002-3032-3607), Kathy Davis, Janice Irvine
Year2022
Publication date2022-03-16
Open AccessNo
TypeBOOK
VenueSilences, Neglected Feelings, and Blind-Spots in Research Practice (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherRoutledge (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.4324/9781003208563
OpenAlexW4221016345
ISBN9781003208563
Open LibraryOL35870639M
LanguageEN
Citations received4

This book addresses wide-ranging dilemmas that social researchers may face as a result of silences, neglected feelings, and blind-spots in their research. In every research endeavour, thoughts, intuitions, biases, feelings or sensations may be left aside as the researcher attempts to come to terms with the complexities of material and figure out what the ‘main issue’ is. Researchers may pay attention to their own emotional responses during the interview, but often only in their field notes. Rarely do feelings of shock, irritation, boredom or, for that matter, amusement, excitement and delight find their way into the analysis itself. In addition, researchers are all susceptible to blind-spots, often unaware of what is being avoided in research or omitted from it. However, reflection about precisely these gaps or silences may prove essential for developing new and interesting questions as well as comprehensive, responsive, and responsible research practices. In this volume, an international, cross-disciplinary cohort of researchers think critically about the silences, neglected feelings, and blind-spots in their own work, and offer insights for enhancing research practices. As such, it will appeal to scholars across the social sciences with interests in research methods and methodology.

Blind spot · Feeling · Spots · Medicine · Neuroscience · Psychology · Qualitative Research Methods and Ethics · Social Psychology · Méthodologie · Methodology · Recherche · Research · Social Science · Social sciences

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