Kritische Reflexion der Sexualitätsforschung in Nigeria: Erkenntnistheorie, Feldforschung und meine Positionierung als Forscher
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https://doi.org/10.17169/fqs-24.3.3972Schlagworte:
Sexualität, Reflexivität, biologienahe Epistemologie, intersektionale Positionalitäten, .qualitative Methodologie, qualitativer Ansatz, ; Feldarbeit, Feldarbeit, qualitative InterviewsAbstract
In verschiedenen afrikanischen Kulturen ist die Diskussion über Sexualität typischerweise eher zurückhaltend. Aufgrund der vielfältigen und manchmal widersprüchlichen Erzählungen über Sexualität bleibt deren Erforschung ein sehr sensibles Terrain, das eine sorgfältige Auseinandersetzung mit historischen, soziokulturellen und religiösen Faktoren erfordert. In diesem Beitrag beleuchte ich die Forschung in Nigeria kritisch, wobei ich mich auf meine Erfahrungen bei der Untersuchung traditioneller Aphrodisiaka in der Stadt Ilorin stütze. Ich reflektiere die erkenntnistheoretischen Grundlagen dieser Arbeit, meine Position und Feldforschungserfahrungen sowie die Dilemmata, Herausforderungen und die Politik der Erforschung der Sexualität in Nigeria. Ich vertrete die Auffassung, dass die Komplexität der Identität und der Verkörperungen von Forschenden nicht als überflüssig betrachtet werden darf, sondern vielmehr auf legitime und produktive Weise berücksichtigt werden muss. Die Konzentration hierauf und meine Erfahrungen während der Feldforschung haben gezeigt, wie Forschende die Möglichkeit haben, einer qualitativen Studie Kontur zu geben, sie zu ergänzen und zu ihr beizutragen. Sie müssen sich ihrer selbst bewusst sein und diesen Prozess ständig reflexiv begleiten.
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