Studying 'Mixed Race

Reflections on Methodological Practice

Bibliographic Data

ID2410454
AuthorsJillian Paragg (0000-0002-8112-208X)
Year2014
Volume13
Issue1
Pages347-361
Publication date2014-02-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueInternational Journal of Qualitative Methods (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1609-4069 • E-ISSN: 1609-4069
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/160940691401300117
OpenAlexW1577521396
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited23

In this article, I reflexively consider how three experiences from conducting an interview project with Canadian young adults of mixed race can lead to questions about methodological practice in 'mixed race' research. These three experiences also have implications for theorizing mixed race identity. First, in the study, respondents complicated their hailing (Althusser, 2000) as mixed race through responding to a recruitment ad that used that term, but revealed in the interview that they did not actually self-identify as mixed race. Second, the space of the interview enabled me to ask respondents probing questions to 'think through' the operation of race in their everyday lives. Third, the complex dynamic of 'insider/outsider' between the respondents and myself (through my own identity as mixed race) was foregrounded throughout the research process, signaling complex commonalities between the researcher and research participants

Aesthetics · Epistemology · Identity (music · Insider · Mixed race · Race (biology · Sociology · Critical Race Theory in Education · Participatory Visual Research Methods · Psychology · Qualitative Research Methods and Ethics · Gender Studies · Social Psychology

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