"Problematizing a Researcher's Performance of "Insider Status
An autoethnography of “Designer Disabled” Identity
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2385713 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Julie-Ann Scott (0000-0002-8361-5259, University of North Carolina Wilmington, NC, USA), Julie-Ann Scott-Pollock (0000-0003-3201-8590, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 19 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 101-115 |
| Publication date | 2013-02-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Qualitative Inquiry (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1077-8004 • E-ISSN: 1552-7565 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/1077800412462990 |
| OpenAlex | W1976201818 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 13 |
| References cited | 9 |
This article struggles with the complications of a researcher claiming insider status in an analysis of physically disabled professionals' narratives as performance of identity when some participants actively resist the idea that the researcher can access their experiences through her body that is more or less disabled than theirs. Through applying reflexive autoethnographic techniques the researcher interweaves stories from her past with the stories of three participants who compared their bodies to her own: one who identifies herself more disabled, one who identifies herself as less, and one who co-indentifies as having a similar embodied experience. The researcher explores the potential consequences of claiming "insider status" in qualitative research and how her body (noticeably disabled, but not requiring accommodation and often passing for an athletic injury), allows her privileges that can further marginalize those with more physical challenges and those who need accommodations but can pass for able-bodied
Accommodation · Aesthetics · Autoethnography · Disability studies · Embodied cognition · Epistemology · Identity (music · Insider · Linguistics · Narrative · Qualitative research · Reflexivity · Social science · Sociology · Disability Rights and Representation · Gender Studies · Participatory Visual Research Methods · Psychology · Qualitative Research Methods and Ethics · Social Psychology
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| Citations per year | 1.18 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2015 - 2026 (12) |
| Highly cited | No |