Studying Postmodern Families: A Feminist Analysis of Ethical Tensions in Work and Family Research

Through dialogue and reflexivity, feminist researchers aim to create knowledge that is emergent from people in relationship with one another. Reflexivity is a process whereby researchers place themselves and their practices under scrutiny, acknowledging the ethical dilemmas that permeate the researc...

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Published in:Journal of marriage and family 2000-02, Vol.62 (1), p.68-77
Main Authors: McGraw, Lori A., Zvonkovic, Anisa M., Walker, Alexis J.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Children
Commercial fishing
Communities
Couples
Ethics
Extension Education
Family
Family Life
Family Research
Family Work Relationship
Females
Feminism
Feminist ethics
feminist methodology
Feminist Theory
Fish
History and organization of sociology
History, theory and methodology
Mixed methods research
Mothers
Oppression
Organization of profession, research and teaching. Deontology. Sociology of sociology. Epistemology
Postmodernism
Qualitative research
Reflexivity
Research Design
Research Ethics
Research Methodology
Research methods
Research Projects
Researchers
Sociology
Sport fishing
Spouses
Wives
Work and Family
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Summary:Through dialogue and reflexivity, feminist researchers aim to create knowledge that is emergent from people in relationship with one another. Reflexivity is a process whereby researchers place themselves and their practices under scrutiny, acknowledging the ethical dilemmas that permeate the research process and impinge on the creation of knowledge. Guided by these tenets, we analyzed the relations among our research practices, our participants, and ourselves to understand and reduce the ethical tensions we encountered in a multimethod research project designed to investigate work and family processes. Our reflective efforts underscore both the active nature of research participants and the importance of the sociopolitical contexts within and around the research process. We make suggestions for more ethical research.
ISSN:0022-2445
1741-3737
DOI:10.1111/j.1741-3737.2000.00068.x