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‘You Make Yourself Sound So Important’ Fieldwork Experiences, Identity Construction, and Non- Western Researchers Abroad

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  • Carolina Ladino

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The article explores processes of identity construction. It specifically looks into respondents' images of the visiting researcher. Using my own experience as a Colombian researcher in the shanty towns of northern Mexico, the paper looks into respondents' responses to non- white, non-western researchers while doing fieldwork. My own fieldwork experiences revealed that local images of Colombians as ‘southerners’ conflicted with local expectations about researchers. This situation forced me to adopt the identity respondents felt best suited me locally. Besides stating that not all researchers in the developing world are white, western and in a powerful position, the paper highlights that the construction of identities takes place ‘through’ and not outside difference. This process allowed me to understand the contradictory processes that lead to successful feminist alliances being formed with the ‘other’ in a research context.

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  • Carolina Ladino, 2002. "‘You Make Yourself Sound So Important’ Fieldwork Experiences, Identity Construction, and Non- Western Researchers Abroad," Sociological Research Online, , vol. 7(4), pages 21-31, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:socres:v:7:y:2002:i:4:p:21-31
    DOI: 10.5153/sro.763
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    1. Simel Esim, 1997. "Can Feminist Methodology Reduce Power Hierarchies in Research Settings?," Feminist Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 3(2), pages 137-139.
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