Power, Culture and Situated Research Methodology: Autobiography, Field, Text

2017 | Gender Studies

This book aims at demonstrating that all social science research is situated and argues that doing situated research is compatible with structural analyses of power. Questions concerning the researcher's relation to the phenomenon of study is the focus of a rich literature. Under headings such as positionality, situatedness and reflexivity, the bulk of this literature discusses the epistemological and meta-theoretical problems involved in choosing theories and methods, doing the research and producing texts. This volume builds on this literature, but brings it to bear on method. The authors have created a book for students throughout the social sciences about how to produce better data and analysis by staying self-reflexive throughout the research process, from choice of topic and theory, through field research, to finished written product. The pedagogical aim and orientation of the book is to serve as an inspiration and an eye-opener for students and researchers alike.

Cecilie Basberg Neumann (Author)

Iver B. Neumann (Author)