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Some reflections on outsider and insider identities in ethnic and migrant qualitative research

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  • Sharon Wray

    (University of Huddersfield, United Kingdom.)

  • Michelle Bartholomew

    (University of Huddersfield, United Kingdom.)

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This article explores some of the methodological issues relating to outsider and insider identities in ethnic and migrant qualitative research. It draws upon two qualitative research studies that set out to examine older (55-75 years) migrant African Caribbean women’s experiences of health and ageing in the UK. An aim is to problematise the conceptualisation of insiderness and outsiderness as polarised and discrete, and provide some examples of how these identities might overlap and intersect. The article takes issue with the argument that it is both possible and desirable to ‘match’ the ethnic background of researcher and participant.

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  • Sharon Wray & Michelle Bartholomew, 2010. "Some reflections on outsider and insider identities in ethnic and migrant qualitative research," Migration Letters, Migration Letters, vol. 7(1), pages 7-16, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:mig:journl:v:7:y:2010:i:1:p:7-16
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    1. Punita Chowbey, 2017. "What is Food Without Love? The Micro-politics of Food Practices Among South Asians in Britain, India, and Pakistan," Sociological Research Online, , vol. 22(3), pages 165-185, September.
    2. Maria Zubair & Wendy Martin & Christina Victor, 2012. "Embodying Gender, Age, Ethnicity and Power in ‘the Field’: Reflections on Dress and the Presentation of the Self in Research with Older Pakistani Muslims," Sociological Research Online, , vol. 17(3), pages 73-90, August.
    3. Kipnis, Eva & Bebek, Gaye & Brőckerhoff, Aurélie, 2021. "Within, in-between, out-of-bounds? Locating researcher positionalities in multicultural marketplaces," Journal of Business Research, Elsevier, vol. 123(C), pages 401-414.

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