What's in it for me
Negotiations of asymmetries, concerns and interests between the researcher and research subjects
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2402503 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Njeri Chege (University of Lausanne, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 16 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 463-481 |
| Publication date | 2015-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Ethnography (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1466-1381 • E-ISSN: 1741-2714 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/1466138114552953 |
| OpenAlex | W2323128914 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 13 |
| References cited | 22 |
Pre-interview interactions between qualitative researchers and research subjects are characterized by two-way sense-making processes, through which research subjects attempt to make sense of researchers' intentions, and what they themselves stand to gain or lose from participating in a given research. Based on a reflexive account of my ethnographic fieldwork experiences in Kenya's South Coast region, among men known as 'beach boys' and as participants of 'female sex tourism', I illustrate how the concerns and interests of my target interviewees were generated and negotiated during the pre-interview phase. I do so by analysing our pre-interview interactions, drawing links between my assigned identities, asymmetries between us and the concerns and interests that were generated, as the men considered their participation or non-participation in the research
Ethnography · Negotiation · Political science · Public relations · Qualitative research · Reflexivity · Social science · Sociology · Tourism · Anthropology · Gender Studies · Gender, Security, and Conflict · Psychology · Qualitative Research Methods and Ethics · Sex work and related issues · Social Psychology
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Opportunities or Threats
Children's Personal Data
The limitations of research codes and contracts
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Ethnographic toolkit
I won't take part
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Narrating Sensitive Topics
On the Meanings and Uses of Laughter in Research Interviews
Entrepreneurs in RomanceTourism in Indonesia
Sex Tourism in Africa
Female tourists and beach boys
Romance on the Road
Native among the Natives
The Natives Are Gazing and Talking Back
For love and money
Negotiating Insider and Outsider Identities in the Field
Interviewing men
The Masculine Self As Problem and Resource in Interview Studies of Men
The Unstructured Interactive Interview
You Got It, So When Do You Flaunt It
The Ambivalent Insider/Outsider Status of Academic 'Homecomers
Intersections of Sex and Power in Research on Prostitution
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| Unique citing works | 13 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,44 |
| Citation span | 2017 - 2026 (10) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 13 |