Feeling Out of Place When Seeking Research Access? Reflexivity Through Affective Spacing
本文提出，在寻求研究准入时感到的“格格不入”可以成为方法论反思的宝贵资源，通过情感间距概念分析这种感觉如何产生、揭示了什么，并帮助定性研究者更好地认识和处理自身在研究中的参与。
In this paper, we propose that drawing on our “feeling of being out of place” when seeking research access can be a valuable source for methodological reflexivity. Drawing on the concept of affective spacing, we examine why and how “feelings of being out of place” emerge as we approach research settings, what emerges as matters of concern in this process and what insights attending to these feelings can provide. We conclude by discussing the revelatory and consequential implications that affective spacing can have for our research. This, we argue, can also help better prepare qualitative scholars to acknowledge and navigate their own involvement in their research.