Here be Dragons
Researching the Unbelievable, Hearing the Unthinkable. A Feminist Sociologist in Uncharted Territory
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2642492 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Sara Scott (0000-0001-7159-553X, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1998 |
| Volume | 3 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 98-109 |
| Publication date | 1998-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Sociological Research Online (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1360-7804 • E-ISSN: 1360-7804 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.5153/sro.189 |
| OpenAlex | W2009235649 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 21 |
| References cited | 16 |
This paper describes a number of ways in which the dominant societal response to allegations of ritual abuse as untrue - as being produced by a combination of 'moral panic' and 'false memories' - impacted on research conducted with women and men who identified themselves as survivors of such abuse. (In Britain the research conducted by Jean La Fontaine and the press coverage it received is taken to exemplify this response.)The author's research was based on life history interviews conducted with 14 adults aged between 19 and 58 (11 women and 3 men). This is a reflexive, feminist account of knowledge production that endeavours to make visible the specific social and political context that shaped the researcher's engagement with ethical and epistemological issues, the selection of interviewees, structure of interviews, the questions and answers of the research interviews, and the interpretation of 'data'. The collision between the lived experience of the researcher, that of her informants, and the 'discourse of disbelief' surrounding the subject of ritual abuse, is understood as crucially determining of the research knowledge produced. Attention is given to the disembedding process by which research moves from specific, emotional and embodied encounters to academic articles, and the implications for belief/disbelief in this process
Criminology · Epistemology · Moral panic · Politics · Reflexivity · Social science · Sociology · Gender Studies · Gender, Feminism, and Media · Gender, Security, and Conflict · History · Law · Qualitative Research Methods and Ethics
A Personal Reflection on Negotiating Fear, Compassion and Self-Care in Research
‘I don’t want to be presented as some sort of freak-show … but you’re “one of us”’
“Next Time You’ll Know What We’re About”
Navigating ethical moments when researching substance misuse with parents and their children
Documents as ‘risky’ sources of data
Access, Ethics and the (Re)construction of Gender
Labour pains
A Critical Response to Sara Scott's ‘Here be Dragons
Regulating Social Research
Dancing to Different Tunes
Undertaking Sensitive Research in the Health and Social Sciences
The Impact of Working with Disturbing Secondary Data
The Researcher, the Field and the Issue of Entry
Claims and Disclaimers
In Testing Times
Reading Sara Scott's 'Here be Dragons
QR in reflexive mode
Researching sensitive topics
Doing sensitive research
A Price Worth Paying
Quoting and Counting
Hystories
Social Researching
Conceptual Practices Power
"Comment on Hekman's "Truth and Method
Researching Women's Lives From A Feminist Perspective
Telling Sexual Stories
Ethnography
Re-inventing romance
Objectivity and truth
Healing Sylvia
Critiques of Research in the Social Sciences
Backlash
What's wrong with ethnography
Hand, Brain, and Heart
Critical Social Policy
| Unique citing works | 21 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,78 |
| Citation span | 1999 - 2026 (28) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 20 |