Internalising 'sensitivity': vulnerability, reflexivity and death research(ers)
Internalising 'sensitivity': vulnerability, reflexivity and death research(ers)
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DOI：
10.1080/13645579.2020.1857972
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发表时间：
2020-12-06
影响因子：
3.3
通讯作者：
Ellis, Julie
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作者：
Borgstrom, Erica;Ellis, Julie
由于许多社会对死亡的看法，有关死亡的研究被认为本质上是敏感的。这种框架假设参与者是“脆弱的”并且面临研究“伤害”的风险。同时，随着人们越来越认识到反身性的重要性，研究人员可以（深深地）专注于他们在该领域的行动和经验。虽然反思通常被描述为一个有用的过程，但在本文中，我们考虑什么时候内省会成为问题，甚至对死亡研究人员有害，无论是在专业还是个人意义上。本文确定了一个我们称之为“敏感性内化”的过程，描述了我们自己在工作和生活中的经历，以及敏感性、脆弱性、风险和伤害等普遍存在的道德观念。我们认为，这些话语可能会触动研究人员的“内心深处”，因为它们会在智力、情感和身体上影响研究人员，进而影响他们与研究过程的关系以及他们在研究过程中和之外的地位。
Research about dying is viewed as inherently sensitive because of how death is perceived in many societies. Such framing assumes participants are 'vulnerable' and at risk of 'harm' from research. Simultaneously, with increasing recognition of the importance of reflexivity, researchers can become (deeply) preoccupied with their actions and experiences in the field. Whilst reflexivity is often described as a helpful process, in this paper we consider when introspection becomes problematic and even harmful for death researchers, in both a professional and personal sense. Identifying a process we call 'internalising sensitivity' the paper describes our own experiences of working and living with the pervasive ethical notions of sensitivity, vulnerability, risk and harm. We argue that these discourses can get 'under the skin' of researchers in that they impact researchers intellectually, emotionally, and physically, and this in turns affects their relationship with the research process and their place within, and beyond it.