Feminist Research Practice: A Primer by Sharlene J. Nagy Hesse-Biber

Feminist Research Practice: A Primer by Sharlene J. Nagy Hesse-Biber

Author:Sharlene J. Nagy Hesse-Biber [Hesse-Biber, Sharlene J. Nagy]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
ISBN: 9781483315676
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Published: 2013-07-15T16:00:00+00:00


A feminist perspective regarding in-depth interviewing would see the interview process as a cocreation of meaning. The researcher must stay on his or her toes and listen intently to what the interviewee has to say, for the researcher should be prepared to drop his or her agenda and follow the pace of the interview. The interview and conversations with the researched will assume an agenda independent of that of the researcher, and researchers should be ready to work with these changes. This can be difficult to do, and Kathryn Anderson ran into this kind of problem in her research. Anderson, a speech communications expert, wanted to document the lives of farmwomen living in northwest Washington State for the Washington Women’s Heritage Project (Anderson & Jack, 1991). During the course of her research, however, her focus on the rural farmwomen’s attitudes and feelings was often displaced by her personal agenda. Anderson hoped to find specific descriptions of women’s farm life activities that could be used as material for an exhibit. She notes:

In retrospect, I can see how I listened with at least part of my attention focused on producing potential material for the exhibit—the concrete description of experiences that would accompany pictures of women’s activities. As I rummage through the interviews long after the exhibit has been placed in storage, I am painfully aware of lost opportunities for women to reflect on the activities and events they described and to explain their terms more fully in their own words. (Anderson & Jack, 1991, p. 13)



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