Full Description
Reflexivity is vital in social research projects, but there remains relatively little advice on how to execute it in practice. This book provides social science researchers with both a strong rationale for the importance of thinking reflexively and a practical guide to doing reflexivity within their research. The first book on the subject to build primarily on the theoretical and empirical contributions of Pierre Bourdieu's reflexive work, it combines academic analysis with practical examples and case studies, drawing both on recent reflexive research projects and original empirical data from new projects conducted by the author. Written in an engaging and accessible style, the book will be of interest to researchers from all career stages and disciplinary backgrounds, but especially early-career researchers and students who are struggling with subjectivity, positionality, and the realities of being reflexive.
Contents
Introduction: a rationale for reflexivity;
Pierre Bourdieu and the development of theory;
Putting yourself in? Bourdieu's reflexive project;
Standpoints, disciplines, spaces;
Reflexivity in the field: four case studies;
Desert Island discourses: doing a parallel analysis;
The reflexive me;
Conclusions;
Coda: writing in the social sciences.
