Living discomforts in feminist and activist researches: Reflexivity in practice

Authors

  • Itziar Gandarias Goikoetxea FIC Fractalidades en Investigación Critica Departamento de Psicologia Social Universidad Autonoma de Barcelona

Abstract

Based on an ongoing research whose purpose is to study the challenges and opportunities for the articulation of political alliances between migrant women organizations and local feminists in the Basque Country, I develop, by a reflective practice, some of the most relevant discomforts arising during this process related to: (i) move in uncertainty, (ii) assume the differences, (iii) speak about the research participants and finally, (iv) live my dual role as researcher and activist. Rather than solving, this reflexive practice is a bet to politicize feminist methodologies and claim the ethics of discomfort as an indispensable tool to live the borderlands between research and activism.

Keywords

Feminist Researches, Reflexivity, Activism, Ethics of Discomfort

Author Biography

Itziar Gandarias Goikoetxea, FIC Fractalidades en Investigación Critica Departamento de Psicologia Social Universidad Autonoma de Barcelona

Licenciada en Psicologia por la Universidad de Deusto y Máster universitario en Investigación en Psicología Social por la Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona. Es integrante del grupo de investigación Fractalidades en Investigación Crítica (FIC) del Departamento de Psicologia Social de la UAB. Actualmente es profesora colaboradora de la Facultad de Psicología y Educación (FICE) en la Universidad de Deusto. Este trabajo es parte del desarrollo de una investigación doctoral enmarcada dentro del Programa de Doctorado de Psicología Social de la Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona, UAB, dirigida por Joan Pujol Tarrés de la UAB y Patricia Amigot Leache de la Universidad Pública de Navarra, UPNA.

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5565/rev/athenea.1489

Published

2014-12-30

How to Cite

Gandarias Goikoetxea, I. (2014). Living discomforts in feminist and activist researches: Reflexivity in practice. Athenea Digital. Revista De Pensamiento E investigación Social, 14(4), 289–304. https://doi.org/10.5565/rev/athenea.1489

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