Negotiating Tensions in Researching, Facilitating, and Critiquing Gender: Exploring Institutional and Feminist Influences

Authors

  • Laura Lane Brock University
  • Nancy Taber Brock University
  • Vera Woloshyn Brock University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17169/fqs-13.3.1806

Keywords:

Collaboration, Feminist Methodology, Gender, Researcher Expectations, Researcher Identities, Reflexivity

Abstract

This article explores our experiences with negotiating tensions when conducting research. As three female researchers in various stages of our academic careers, we describe our own reflexive accounts of the research process as we negotiated our roles and responsibilities in relation to academic institutions and feminism. We discuss the literature related to responsibilities of academics, the tensions associated with conducting research, and the feminist methodologies addressing gendered issues in the current study. We contextualize the research project by outlining our positionalities and the methodology for our reflexive process. We then discuss our experiences of negotiating ourselves within an academic institution and within feminism. We conclude by discussing the importance of creating a feminist space through collaboration within academic institutions.

URN: http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:0114-fqs1203100

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Author Biographies

Laura Lane, Brock University

Laura LANE is a PhD Student in the Faculty of Education at Brock University. She has completed her Master of Education at Brock University in 2011. Her research interests include social/cultural/political contexts of education; forms of capital and privileged culture; gender performance and social media.

Nancy Taber, Brock University

Nancy TABER is an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Education at Brock University. She has completed her PhD in Education at The University of South Australia. Her research interests include sociocultural issues in children's fiction; learning masculinities and femininities in everyday life; gender in war/militaries/militarism.

Vera Woloshyn, Brock University

Vera WOLOSHYN is a Professor in the Faculty of Education at Brock University. She has completed her PhD in Psychology at The University of Western Ontario. Her research interests include ableism in children's fiction; developing and implementing effective literacy and learning programs for children and adults; working with students with learning exceptionalities.

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Published

2012-07-30

How to Cite

Lane, L., Taber, N., & Woloshyn, V. (2012). Negotiating Tensions in Researching, Facilitating, and Critiquing Gender: Exploring Institutional and Feminist Influences. Forum Qualitative Sozialforschung Forum: Qualitative Social Research, 13(3). https://doi.org/10.17169/fqs-13.3.1806

Issue

Vol. 13 No. 3 (2012): Cultural Analysis and In-Depth Hermeneutics—Psycho-Societal Analysis of Everyday Life Culture, Interaction, and Learning

Section

Single Contributions

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Copyright (c) 2012 Laura Lane, Nancy Taber, Vera Woloshyn

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