scholarly journals Negotiating Constructions of Insider and Outsider Status in Research with Veiled Muslim Women Victims of Islamophobic Hate Crime

2016 ◽  
Vol 21 (4) ◽  
pp. 70-81 ◽  
Author(s):  
Irene Zempi
Keyword(s):  
Women Victims ◽  
Lived Experiences ◽  
Hate Crime ◽  
Muslim Women ◽  
Research Process ◽  
Research Topic ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Critical Reflexivity ◽  
Data Collection And Analysis ◽  
The Impact

This article presents a reflexive discussion of insider and outsider positions in a qualitative study researching Islamophobic hate crime with Muslim women who wear the niqab (face veil) in public in the United Kingdom (UK). As a non-Muslim woman, some aspects of my identity can be linked to insider positions while other aspects of my identity can be linked to outsider positions, with implications for the documentation of participants’ lived experiences. Within the framework of ‘critical reflexivity’, this article considers the impact of my insider/outsider status at each stage of the research process, from deciding on the research topic, the research design, accessing participants through to data collection and analysis. This article re-articulates the importance of researcher reflexivity, particularly when both researchers and participants exhibit multiculturality (for example, in the context of having multicultural backgrounds), which has become more common in the globalised world. It will be concluded that engaging in critical reflexivity is important for producing reliable and ethical research as it enables researchers to be aware of their position in the ‘space between’ and be transparent how their positionality impacts on the entire research process.

scholarly journals Misogyny, Racism, and Islamophobia: Street Harassment at the Intersections

2018 ◽  
Vol 14 (5) ◽  
pp. 540-559 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hannah Mason-Bish ◽  
Irene Zempi
Keyword(s):  
Lived Experiences ◽  
Muslim Women ◽  
Street Harassment ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Economic Climate ◽  
Increased Risk ◽  
Full Participation ◽  
Group Interviews ◽  
The Public Sphere ◽  
The Impact

Veiled Muslim women are at an increased risk of street harassment in the current political and economic climate. Their visibility, combined with their popular portrayal as culturally dangerous or threatening means that they are vulnerable to receiving verbal and physical threats, which can be misogynistic and Islamophobic in nature. Drawing on 60 individual and 20 focus group interviews with Muslim women in the United Kingdom who wear the niqab (face veil) and had experienced harassment in public, this qualitative study details their lived experiences. It argues that an intersectional analysis is crucial to understanding the nuances of their lived experiences and the impact street harassment has on their lives. The findings demonstrate that street harassment can produce a hostile environment for veiled Muslim women, which can have a terrorizing effect, limiting their full participation in the public sphere.

scholarly journals Mother, researcher, feminist, woman: reflections on “maternal status” as a researcher identity

2014 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 90-102 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nollaig Frost ◽  
Amanda Holt
Keyword(s):  
Design Methodology ◽  
Social Research ◽  
Research Process ◽  
Research Topic ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Data Collection And Analysis ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Researcher Identity ◽  
Maternal Status ◽  
Interview Setting

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to discuss the ways in which a researcher's maternal status as “mother” or “non-mother/child-free” is implicated in the research process. Design/methodology/approach – This paper draws on the experiences as two feminist researchers who each independently researched experiences of motherhood: one as a “mother” and one as a “non-mother/child-free”. The paper draws on extracts from the original interview data and research diaries to reflect on how research topic, methodology and interview practice are shaped by a researcher's maternal status. Findings – The paper found that the own maternal identities shaped the research process in a number of ways: it directed the research topic and access to research participants; it drove the method of data collection and analysis and it shaped how the authors interacted with the participants in the interview setting, notably through the performance of maternal identity. The paper concludes by examining how pervasive discourses of “good motherhood” are both challenged and reproduced by a researcher's maternal status and question the implications of this for feminist research. Originality/value – While much has been written about researcher “positionality” and the impact of researcher identity on the research process, the ways in which a researcher's “maternal status” is implicated in the research process has been left largely unexamined. Yet, as this paper highlights, the interaction of the often-conflicting identities of “mother”, “researcher”, “feminist” and “woman” may shape the research process in subtle yet profound ways, raising important questions about the limits of what feminist social research about “motherhood” can achieve.

“Women Are Cancer, You Shouldn’t Be Working in Sport”: Sport Psychologists’ Lived Experiences of Sexism in Sport

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-12
Author(s):  
Aura Goldman ◽  
Misia Gervis
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
Focus Groups ◽  
Sport Psychology ◽  
Thematic Analysis ◽  
Lived Experiences ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Power Differentials ◽  
The Feminine ◽  
Gendered Power ◽  
The Impact

Though sexism has been recognized as problematic in sport, its impact on female sport psychologists in the United Kingdom has not yet been investigated. The purpose of this research was to explore the impact of sexism and its influence on practice. Four semistructured focus groups were conducted, comprising 11 sport psychologists who worked in the United Kingdom. Thematic analysis revealed four general themes: the environment, privileging masculinity, acts of sexism, and the feminine. Participants’ discourse suggests that female sport psychologists are impacted by sexism in their workplaces. Gendered power differentials, coupled with the low status of sport psychology within sport, exacerbated the challenges faced by female sport psychologists. This study contributes to making up for the dearth of research on the impact of sexism on sport psychologists. Suggestions are made with regard to implications for practice.

An insider looking in or an outsider wannabee? Studying vulnerable hard-to-reach populations in the field of victimology – the example of the Roma communities in Sweden

2020 ◽  
pp. 026975802095059
Author(s):  
Simon Wallengren
Keyword(s):  
Research Process ◽  
Critical Reflexivity ◽  
Hard To Reach Populations ◽  
Study Participants ◽  
Globalized World ◽  
The Impact

This article reviews methodological barriers to victimological research on vulnerable hard-to-reach populations and presents a reflexive discussion of insider and outsider positions in a study researching Roma communities’ victimization in Sweden. As a Roma (Traveler/resande) academic, I found that some aspects of my identity were linked to an insider position, while other aspects of my identity were often perceived by study participants as outsider attributes. Within the framework of critical reflexivity, this article considers the impact of my insider/outsider position at each stage of the research process. The article rearticulates the importance of researcher reflexivity, mainly when both researchers and participants exhibit multiculturality, which has become more common in the globalized world.

Blurring boundaries: An emotionally aware caregiver, social worker, and researcher

2016 ◽  
Vol 15 (5-6) ◽  
pp. 682-695 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Camacho
Keyword(s):  
Social Workers ◽  
Social Worker ◽  
Lived Experiences ◽  
Emotional Awareness ◽  
Research Process ◽  
Clinical Social Worker ◽  
Clinical Social Workers ◽  
The Creation ◽  
The Impact

In this article, I illustrate lived experiences within my roles as caregiver, clinical social worker, and researcher. Empirical attention has focused on the emotional toll of caregiving and management of emotions as clinical social workers, however, little attention has been given to the impact emotions have on the researcher and how emotional awareness can be useful in the creation of knowledge. Using a personal reflexive account, I “out” myself as an emotionally aware caregiver, clinical social worker, and researcher. Finally, I provide examples of how to incorporate emotion into the research process.

scholarly journals Living habits affecting subsequent gastrointestinal cancer surgery: An interpretative phenomenological interview study

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karin Blomquist ◽  
Carina Wennerholm ◽  
Carina Berterö ◽  
Per Sandström ◽  
Bergthor Björnsson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Gastrointestinal Cancer ◽  
Health Care Professionals ◽  
Lived Experiences ◽  
Research Process ◽  
Cancer Surgery ◽  
University Hospital ◽  
Physical And Mental Health ◽  
Motivation Level ◽  
The Impact

Abstract Purpose There is limited in-depth understanding of patients’ views and experiences with physical training, nutritional care, psychological support, and smoking/alcohol cessation prior to gastrointestinal cancer surgery. Therefore, patients' thoughts and influences regarding prehabilitation components are of interest in the effort to provide optimal supportive cancer care and to improve health. The aim of this study was to explore patients’ thoughts, lived experiences and influences regarding their living habits prior to gastrointestinal cancer surgery. Methods The participants in this qualitative study were recruited from a university hospital in southeast Sweden. In total, six in-depth digital interviews were held from November 2020 to March 2021. An interpretative phenomenological analysis approach was used throughout the research process. Results The interpretative analysis identified three themes: the influence of the cancer diagnosis on awareness and motivation, life circumstances affecting living habits and activities bringing mental strength. The main findings deepen the current understanding of the situation that patients face when committing to presurgical preparation plans. The participants expressed the impact of their motivation level and circumstances in life. Physical and mental health was promoted by various types of activities and support. Conclusion Motivation level and circumstances in life both influence living habits. Patients’ physical and mental health is promoted by various types of activities and support. Health care professionals need to investigate patients’ lived experiences when developing person-centred support to achieve health-promoting behaviour prior to cancer surgery.

scholarly journals ‘You all look the same’: Non-Muslim men who suffer Islamophobic hate crime in the post-Brexit era

2018 ◽  
Vol 17 (5) ◽  
pp. 585-602 ◽  
Author(s):  
Imran Awan ◽  
Irene Zempi
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
Thematic Analysis ◽  
Lived Experiences ◽  
Hate Crime ◽  
Qualitative Interviews ◽  
Terrorist Attacks ◽  
Economic Damage ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Muslim Men ◽  
The Uk

Existing research on Islamophobic hate crime has examined in detail the verbal, physical and emotional attacks against Muslims. However, the experiences of non-Muslim men who suffer Islamophobic hate crime because they look Muslim remain ‘invisible’ in both official statistics and empirical research. Drawing on data from qualitative interviews with 20 non-Muslim men based in the United Kingdom, we examined their lived experiences of Islamophobic hate crime. Interviews were transcribed and analysed using thematic analysis. A deductive approach to thematic analysis was adopted to analyse participants’ narratives, and six overarching themes were developed: (1) nature of Islamophobic hate crime; (2) triggers of Islamophobic hate crime; (3) impact of Islamophobic hate crime; (4) reporting incidents, responses and barriers to Islamophobic hate; (5) victims’ coping strategies; and (6) recommendations on tackling the problem. Our findings show that participants experienced Islamophobic hate crime because of ‘trigger’ events, namely the Brexit vote, Donald Trump’s presidency and ISIS-inspired terrorist attacks in European countries such as France, Germany, Sweden and the UK. Participants described being verbally and physically attacked, threatened and harassed as well as their property being damaged. The impacts upon victims included physical, emotional, psychological and economic damage. These experiences were also damaging to community cohesion and led to polarization between different communities in the UK.

scholarly journals Transnational perspectives on Black subjectivity

2017 ◽  
Vol 47 (4) ◽  
pp. 459-469 ◽  
Author(s):  
Garth Stevens ◽  
Deanne Bell ◽  
Christopher C Sonn ◽  
Hugo Canham ◽  
Ornette Clennon
Keyword(s):  
United States Of America ◽  
Lived Experiences ◽  
The United States ◽  
Critical Race Studies ◽  
Theoretical Frameworks ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Critical Reflexivity ◽  
Black Subjectivity ◽  
Spatial Dimensions ◽  
Temporal And Spatial

In this article, five Black researchers bring their insights into conversation about meanings of blackness in contemporary Australia, Jamaica, South Africa, the United Kingdom, and the United States of America. We critically interrogate blackness transnationally and also within the historical contexts of our work and lived experiences. Situated within critical race studies, we draw on multiple theoretical frameworks that seek to preserve the complexity of blackness, its meanings and implications. We examine what it means to be made Black by history and context and explore the im/possibilities of transcending such subjectification. In so doing, we engage blackness and its relationality to whiteness; the historical, temporal, and spatial dimensions of what it means to be Black; the embodied, affective and psychical components of Black subjectivity; and the continued marketisation of blackness today. The article concludes by reflecting on the emancipatory promise of continued engagement with Black subjectivity, but with critical reflexivity, so as to avoid the pitfalls of engaging blackness as a static and essentialised mode of subjectivity.

scholarly journals Exploring the Impact of Islamophobia on Visible Muslim Women Victims: A British Case Study

2014 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 137-159 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chris Allen
Keyword(s):  
Women Victims ◽  
Sense Of Belonging ◽  
Daily Life ◽  
Muslim Women ◽  
British Society ◽  
The Everyday ◽  
British Case ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Depth Interviews

This article presents the empirical findings from a British-based project that sought to explore the nature and impact of ‘street-level’ Islamophobia on women who are visibly recognisable as Muslim—hereafter referred to as visible Muslim women in this article. Drawing on the findings from in-depth interviews with twenty visible Muslim women, this article highlights how despite the fact that such Islamophobia is largely manifested in low-level ways it has significant impacts on the everyday lives of its victims as also the way in which their identities are both perceived and defined. In doing so, this article considers how the experience of Islamophobia not only affects the daily life of these women and their families, but also affects their sense of belonging to British society while making them re-evaluate how they feel about being British.

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