Reflexivity

Theory, Method, and Practice

Karen Lumsden (University of Loughborough, UK), Jan Bradford, Jackie Goode

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Routledge
03 January 2019

Research methods: general; Cultural studies; Social research & statistics; Anthropology

Series: Routledge Advances in Research Methods

Reflexivity is valuable in social research because it draws attention to the researcher as part of the world being studied and reminds us that the individuals involved in our research are subjects, not objects. By being reflexive we acknowledge that we cannot be separated from our biographies.

This volume reviews key debates concerning reflexivity in theory, methods, and practice. It mounts a defence of reflexivity against new materialist and post-qualitative critiques and the pressures exerted on scholars from the neoliberal marketized university system which privileges fast academia at the expense of slow, reflective scholarship. While defending reflexivity, this book also those identifies issues which plague mainstream sociological operationalizations of a positivistic form of reflexivity. It argues for the extension of reflexivity into domains otherwise neglected in public accounts, and a shift from reflexivity as an individualized quality of the researcher (used to judge peers and navel-gaze) to a feminist, collaborative, reflexive sensibility which is mindful of the wider contexts shaping the construction of knowledge(s), experience(s), and of the role of research communities.

Providing examples of reflexivity in action from academics at different stages of their careers, Reflexivity will appeal to students and researchers interested in fields such as Sociology, Qualitative Research Methods, Criminology, Ethnography, and Ethics of Research.

By: Karen Lumsden (University of Loughborough UK), Jan Bradford, Jackie Goode
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 453g
ISBN: 9781138911864
ISBN 10: 1138911860
Series: Routledge Advances in Research Methods
Pages: 192
Publication Date: 03 January 2019
Audience: College/higher education , Primary , A / AS level
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Karen Lumsden is Associate Professor in Criminology at the University of Leicester, UK. Jan Bradford is a doctoral researcher in the School of Health in Social Science at the University of Edinburgh, UK. Jackie Goode is Visiting Fellow in the School of Social Sciences at Loughborough University, UK.