Coming in from the Margin: Research Practices, Representation and the Ordinary

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Karen Greiner

Location

Room 2078

Format Type

Paper

Start Date

January 2011

End Date

January 2011

Abstract

This essay explores issues of marginality and representation in research, which emerged during life history interviews with Tammi, an “ordinary” woman living in Appalachia. I examine how my research practices, namely my thirst for drama and marginality, nearly silenced the preferred stories of the woman who shared her life with me. This essay pairs Tammi’s stories with a reflection on my initial impulse to sacrifice the ordinary at the altar of the "marginal."

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Coming in from the Margin: Research Practices, Representation and the Ordinary

Room 2078

This essay explores issues of marginality and representation in research, which emerged during life history interviews with Tammi, an “ordinary” woman living in Appalachia. I examine how my research practices, namely my thirst for drama and marginality, nearly silenced the preferred stories of the woman who shared her life with me. This essay pairs Tammi’s stories with a reflection on my initial impulse to sacrifice the ordinary at the altar of the "marginal."