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Am I vulnerable? Researcher positionality and affect in research on gendered vulnerabilities

Feminism & psychology, 2023-08, Vol.33 (3), p.357-375 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

The Author(s) 2023 ;ISSN: 0959-3535 ;EISSN: 1461-7161 ;DOI: 10.1177/09593535231171694

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  • Title:
    Am I vulnerable? Researcher positionality and affect in research on gendered vulnerabilities
  • Author: Venäläinen, Satu
  • Johnson, Katherine ; Harzenburg, Evan ; Zoli, Anna
  • Is Part Of: Feminism & psychology, 2023-08, Vol.33 (3), p.357-375
  • Description: In this article, I draw on arts-based approaches and new materialist affect theory in order to explore possibilities to attune research outputs to researcher vulnerability. These approaches and theorisations challenge conventional research practices geared toward creating distance between the researcher and their research, and work towards dissolving hierarchical distinctions between assumedly invulnerable researchers and vulnerable participants. In doing so, they pave the way for attuning research work to the complex interplay of difference and sameness as it unfolds and surfaces in the process of researching gendered vulnerabilities. By presenting a piece of poetic writing that engages with research encounters within a project on sexual harassment and young people, I tap into the troubled affect, the constant interplay of difference, shifting alignments, and ultimate entwinements between the researcher, the phenomenon of sexual harassment, and the research participants and other involved actors. Based on my inquiry, I propose attending to vulnerability through affect theory as an encompassing and dynamic state of being affected and affecting others, both in violent ways and in ways that aim to build solidarity and empathy.
  • Publisher: London, England: SAGE Publications
  • Language: English
  • Identifier: ISSN: 0959-3535
    EISSN: 1461-7161
    DOI: 10.1177/09593535231171694
  • Source: Sage Journals Open Access Journals
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