Putting me into the methodology : finding a way to facilitate a ‘peaceful’ coexistence between the personal and the academic

Lynette Aitken

    Research output: Chapter in Book / Conference PaperConference Paper

    Abstract

    ![CDATA[According to Krieger (1991: 47,116) “Social Science is premised on minimising the self, viewing it as a contaminant, transcending it, denying it, protecting its vulnerability, yet nonetheless mobilising it as a tool for representing experience… As social scientists we paint pictures in which we hope not to exist; or, if we exist our role is presented as subordinate, or as nearly invisible”. In academia one is often taught to write in the third person, referring to oneself as the researcher personally disconnected from one’s text. This is not to suggest however that such a positivistic view is maintained by all those who engage in the pursuit of scholastic writing. There is a growing body of knowledge which, according to Ellis and Bochner (2000), explore more flexible and fluid forms of representation that allow for a greater degree of variation amongst practitioners. This paper will examine the practice of including one’s self in the research text when researchers are researching organisations, situations and groups of which they themselves are a part and the problems such courses of action may perhaps present. Written from a personal perspective, it details some of the dilemmas I faced in my search for a suitable methodology in which to situate my Ph.D.]]
    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationSociology For a Mobile World : Proceedings of the Annual Conference of The Australian Sociological Association, 4-7 December, Perth, Australia
    PublisherSociological Association of Australia
    Number of pages9
    ISBN (Print)1740521390
    Publication statusPublished - 2006
    EventAustralian Sociological Association. Conference -
    Duration: 26 Nov 2012 → …

    Conference

    ConferenceAustralian Sociological Association. Conference
    Period26/11/12 → …

    Keywords

    • social sciences
    • research
    • methodology
    • academics
    • researchers
    • self

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