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Can Feminist Methodology Reduce Power Hierarchies in Research Settings?

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  • Simel Esim

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In this comment the issues of power hierarchies and the role of feminist methodology in fieldwork are addressed. Observations from fieldwork in Turkey for research on gender-based constraints faced by women micro- and small entrepreneurs are used to identify some of the power hierarchies involved in research settings and how the use of feminist methodology can be instrumental in reducing these hierarchies. Linking research with action-oriented programs is one important aspect of this fieldwork which contributed to the communities where the research took place. The methodology used in this research also validated personal experience through qualitative interviews and the use of interdisciplinary methods. The focus group interviews proved to be the most flexible, egalitarian and interactive of all the methods used in the fieldwork. In conclusion, while a feminist methodology cannot eliminate power hierarchies in the research process, it can be helpful in partly reducing them.

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  • Simel Esim, 1997. "Can Feminist Methodology Reduce Power Hierarchies in Research Settings?," Feminist Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 3(2), pages 137-139.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:femeco:v:3:y:1997:i:2:p:137-139
    DOI: 10.1080/135457097338762
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    1. 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.
    2. Ruwanpura, Kanchana N., 2003. "The survival strategies of Sinhala female-heads in conflict-affected eastern Sri Lanka," ILO Working Papers 993609133402676, International Labour Organization.
    3. Tony Lawson, 1999. "Feminism, Realism, and Universalism," Feminist Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 5(2), pages 25-59.
    4. repec:ilo:ilowps:360913 is not listed on IDEAS
    5. Karin Astrid Siegmann & Myriam Blin, 2006. "The Best Of Two Worlds: Between-Method Triangulation In Feminist Economics Research," Working Papers 146, Department of Economics, SOAS University of London, UK.

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