Shrouded in Privilege: Reflexively exploring a troubling experience in team research

Authors

  • Samantha Clarke Wilfrid Laurier University

Keywords:

reflexivity, qualitative research, narrative, othering, poetry, voice., reflexivity, qualitative research, narrative, othering, poetry, voice

Abstract

In this article, I discuss my troubling experience as a novice researcher participating in my first qualitative research experience with a team of fellow Ph.D. colleagues. I will interrogate the tensions between the production of knowledge in this particular research project and my subjective and positional identities as a novice scholar. Qualitative research offers ways to minimize power differentials through an interrogation of invisible and unexplored assumptions. It may also further embed that which it seeks to uncover if researchers are not purposeful in its use. Unable to untangle the knot of critical insights produced by the usual reflexive process, I use poetry as a reflexive healing device to explore my learning throughout this research project.

Author Biography

Samantha Clarke, Wilfrid Laurier University

Faculty of Social Work Wilfrid Laurier University PhD Student Social Work Educator

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Published

2017-12-07

How to Cite

Clarke, S. (2017). Shrouded in Privilege: Reflexively exploring a troubling experience in team research. Reflections: Narratives of Professional Helping, 22(4), 26–37. Retrieved from https://reflectionsnarrativesofprofessionalhelping.org/index.php/Reflections/article/view/1458

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Research