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Eda Farsakoglu

Eda Hatice Farsakoglu

Doctoral student

Eda Farsakoglu

The Politics and Ethics of Representation in Qualitative Research

Addressing Moments of Discomfort

Editor

  • Tove Lundberg
  • Katrine Scott
  • Vanna Nordling
  • Marta Kolankiewicz
  • Emma Söderman
  • Eda Hatice Farsakoglu
  • Pouran Djampour
  • Johanna Sixtensson
  • Pankhuri Agarwal

Summary, in English

This book offers insights on politics and ethics of representation that are relevant to researchers concerned with struggles for justice. It takes moments of discomfort in the qualitative research process as important sites of knowledge for exploring representational practices in critical research.

The Politics and Ethics of Representation in Qualitative Research draws on experiences from research processes in nine PhD projects. In some chapters, ethical and political dilemmas related to representational practices are analyzed as experienced in fieldwork. In others, the focus is on the production of representation at the stage of writing. The book deals with questions such as: What does it mean to write about the lives of others? How are ethics and politics of representation intertwined, and how are they distinct? How are politics of representation linked to a practice of solidarity in research? What are the im/possibilities of hope and care in research?

Drawing on grounded empirical research, the book offers input to students, PhDs, researchers, practitioners, activists and others dealing with methodological dilemmas from a critical perspective. Instead of ignoring discomforts, or describing them as solved, we stay with them, showing how such a reflective process provides new, ongoing insights.

Department/s

  • Department of Psychology
  • Department of Gender Studies
  • School of Social Work
  • Sociology

Publishing year

2021-07-23

Language

English

Document type

Book

Publisher

Routledge

Topic

  • Social Sciences Interdisciplinary

Keywords

  • Representation
  • qualitative methodology
  • discomfort
  • PhD
  • Ethics
  • Politics

Status

Published

Project

  • The Critical Methodologies Collective

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISBN: 978-0-429-29967-4
  • ISBN: 978-0-367-28101-4