ERIC Number: EJ1246168
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2020
Pages: 20
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Affective Reflexivity: Encounters of Affects in the Material Labor of Fieldwork
International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education (QSE), v33 n3 p372-391 2020
This article is a reflective endeavor on the "affective" dimensions of my fieldwork, which explores Asian migrant women's desires for educational success in the United States and South Korea. My encounter with affective and material forces pervasive in the field triggers "affective" reflexivity that supports my own struggle against the (human) tendency to separate between my epistemology and ontology as well as other dualisms I confronted during the fieldwork. Unlike posthumanists' suspicion around authentic ways of knowing using the method of reflexivity in traditional qualitative inquiry, I contend that "affective" reflexivity is an inevitable process that allows me to discern "affective," "active," or "vibrant" data and helps with understanding reflexivity as a "material" labor to augment ethical accountability and methodological rigor.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Immigrants, Females, Affective Behavior, Reflection, Success, Educational Attainment, Cultural Influences, Researchers, Research, Research Methodology, Emotional Response, Feminism, Accountability
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: United States; South Korea
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