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 language | English |
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Title of host publication | Sociology For a Mobile World : Proceedings of the Annual Conference of The Australian Sociological Association, 4-7 December, Perth, Australia |
Publisher | Sociological Association of Australia |
Number of pages | 9 |
ISBN (Print) | 1740521390 |
Publication status | Published - 2006 |
Event | Australian Sociological Association. Conference - Duration: 26 Nov 2012 → … |
Conference
Conference | Australian Sociological Association. Conference |
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Period | 26/11/12 → … |
Keywords
- social sciences
- research
- methodology
- academics
- researchers
- self