Researching victimisation using auto-ethnography

Wearing the Muslim veil in public

Bibliographic Data

ID4563822
AuthorsIrene Zempi (0000-0002-1719-8573, Nottingham Trent University, corresponding author)
Year2017
Volume10
Issue1
Publication date2017-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueMethodological Innovations (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2059-7991 • E-ISSN: 2059-7991
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/2059799117720617
OpenAlexW2751047375
LanguageEN
Citations received11
References cited59

This article reflects upon my personal experiences of undertaking auto-ethnography on victimisation through wearing the Muslim veil in public. Wearing the veil was suggested by some of my respondents as a way to get insider knowledge of their own day-to-day experiences of victimisation. Here, I explore the emotional, psychological and physical impacts of being targeted because of my (perceived/adopted) Muslim identity. I discuss the advantages and disadvantages of covert auto-ethnographic research and consider the ethical challenges and practical difficulties of performing auto-ethnography. Also, I discuss the theoretical and methodological issues that arise from undertaking auto-ethnography as an insider/outsider when researching the targeted victimisation of veiled Muslim women. Finally, I discuss the usefulness and limitations of auto-ethnography as a method for understanding victimisation. I conclude that auto-ethnographic research into victimisation has great potential, although researchers need to be aware of some risks inherent in this approach and, thus, proceed with caution

Aesthetics · Covert · Criminology · Ethnography · Identity (music · Insider · Linguistics · Poison control · Political science · Sociology · Suicide prevention · Victimisation · Anthropology · Gender Studies · Gender, Security, and Conflict · Law · Medicine · Migration, Refugees, and Integration · Psychology · Qualitative Research Methods and Ethics · Social Psychology

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