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Practicing the Awareness of Embodiment in Qualitative Health Research: Methodological Reflections

Sonya Sharma

Durham University, Durham, United Kingdom, sonya.sharma{at}durham.ac.uk

Sheryl Reimer-Kirkham

Trinity Western University, Langley, British Columbia, Canada

Marie Cochrane

Trinity Western University, Langley, British Columbia, Canada

Although the importance of the researcher’s embodiment has been noted in health and social sciences research, in many instances, more attention has been paid to the embodiment of the researched. Thus, more in-depth analysis of the embodied researcher can illuminate qualitative inquiry. The influence of the embodied researcher became visible in a recent critical ethnographic study examining the negotiation of religious, spiritual, and cultural plurality in health care. In this article, we do not present research findings per se, but rather methodological reflections. As researchers, we highlight emotional and bodily ways of knowing and experiences of difference such as culture, race, and religion as embodied and a part of researcher—participant encounters. We aim to elucidate the awareness of being embodied researchers, and with this elucidation, we consider implications for knowledge generation for health and social sciences.

Key Words: culture • embodiment/bodily experiences • emotions • feminism • field methods • qualitative methods • general • race and racism • religion • spirituality

Qualitative Health Research, Vol. 19, No. 11, 1642-1650 (2009)
DOI: 10.1177/1049732309350684
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