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“You Know What I Mean:” The Ethical and Methodological Dilemmas and Challenges for Black Researchers Interviewing Black Families
Abstract
In this article I provide a reflexive account of my research experiences with families of African descent. I examine the ways in which, as a researcher of African descent, I became part of the research process. Using data from an ethnographic study that explored the healthy lifestyle experiences and attitudes of families and adolescents of African descent in the northwest of England, I present a detailed discussion of the identity alteration, researcher—researched relationships, and insider—outsider tensions and dilemmas that arose while I collected data. I argue that researchers working with participants with whom they share similar ethnicity and historical experiences are likely to find that their professional self and personal life experiences overlap, and there can be difficulties in keeping them separate.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Ochieng, B. M. N.
- Affiliations
- University of Bradford (GB)
- Corresponding author
- Ochieng, Bertha M. N.
- Venue
- Qualitative Health Research
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 2010-08-20
- Volume
- 20
- Issue
- 12
- Pages
- 1725-1735
- ISSN
- 1049-7323 (ISSN-L)
- 1552-7557
- OpenAlex
- W2170641801
- Cited by
- 85
- References
- 1
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 15.59
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Qualitative Health Research (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- DMU Open Research Archive (De Montfort University) (submittedVersion)
- DigitalGeorgetown (Georgetown University Library) (submittedVersion)
- University of Bedfordshire Repository (University of Bedfordshire) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Qualitative Research Methods and Ethics
- Social Sciences › Education › Qualitative research in health
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Participatory Visual Research Methods
- Keywords
- Black researchers, Black families, African ancestry, researcher identity, researcher reflexivity, researcher-participant relationship, healthy lifestyle, adolescents, research ethics, methodological dilemmas
- MeSH terms
- Adolescent, Adult, Aged, Anthropology, Cultural, Child, England, Female, Humans, Interviews as Topic, Life Style, Male, Middle Aged, Nuclear Family, Parent-Child Relations, Social Identification, Researcher-Subject Relations, Black People
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