Coming in from the Margin: Research Practices, Representation and the Ordinary
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."
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."
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Breakout Session B