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Conducting sensitive research in the social sciences requires meticulous attention to ethical considerations, methodological rigour, and emotional intelligence. In this comprehensive Handbook, Pranee Liamputtong brings together a diverse array of expert contributing authors to reflect on best practice and to discuss the growing attention to this type of research in the social sciences.
Chapters cover the conceptual dimensions of conducting sensitive research and present ethical considerations and various qualitative, as well as more creative methodologies, pertinent to this type of study. Leading authors provide firsthand accounts and experiences of conducting sensitive research with vulnerable, marginalised, or hard-to-reach individuals or groups, such as LGBTQ+ and older populations, outlining personal narratives that provide illuminating insights. This Handbook demonstrates that conducting sensitive research is crucial for deepening our comprehension of intricate human experiences and the elements that shape them, especially in domains frequently obscured by silence or stigma.
The Handbook of Sensitive Research in the Social Sciences is an essential read for researchers across the social sciences whose work incorporates emotive topics, providing readers with the most suitable and considered methodologies to employ when working with vulnerable people.
Contents
Contents
Preface
1 Doing sensitive research in the social sciences: setting the scene 1
Pranee Liamputtong
PART I
DOING SENSITIVE RESEARCH: CONCEPTUAL UNDERSTANDING
2 The locus of sensitive research 25
Gabriele Griffin
3 The emotional labour of conducting sensitive research: the researchers'
perspective 38
Esmée Hanna, and Richard Hall
4 The art of 'sensitive' supervision: supporting, sharing and strengthening 55
Sharon Mallon, Erica Borgstrom and Sam Murphy
5 "Majority doesn't exist": a critical perspective on research with LGBTQ+
people 64
Clifford Lewis and Nina Reynolds
6 Exploring death, dying and bereavement: characteristics and challenges of
a sensitive field of research 77
Ekkehard Coenen and Matthias Meitzler
7 Social street work: intervention method as a research method in sensitive
research? 93
Tiago A. Lobo-Dos-Santos
8 Your voice matters! - (unintended) exclusion practices in sensitive research
and older people 115
Katja A. Rießenberger, Barbara Barbosa Neves and Florian Fischer
PART II
RESEARCH METHODS AND ETHICAL ISSUES FOR CONDUCTING
SENSITIVE RESEARCH
9 Drawing as an arts-based method for researching sensitive topics 132
Jari Martikainen
10 Navigating sensitivity in urban research: methodological reflections from
using photovoice with street traders 147
Elmond Bandauko and Godwin Arku
11 Researcher-made drawings and researching sensitive topics 159
Baldwin Van Gorp
12 Music elicitation and the art of listening 174
Jade Levell
13 The use of instant messaging in sensitive research 184
Jordan Dawson and Yibo Fan
14 Using visual research methods for research with chronically ill children 198
Ana Patrícia Hilário, Fábio Rafael Augusto and Joana Mendonça
15 Ethical guidelines for doing research with children in sensitive subject
areas 210
Ingrid Stapf and Jessica Heesen
16 Ethical issues in participatory research with grieving children 221
Miriam Sitter
17 Ethical guidelines for interview research with parents of underage children
in the context of migration 236
Eveliina Heino and Maija Jäppinen
PART III
CONDUCTING SENSITIVE RESEARCH IN THE SOCIAL SCIENCES:
REFLECTIONS FROM THE FIELD
18 Sensitively researching vulnerable populations - Reflections from the
field... 254
Declan Fahie
19 Researcher vulnerability: doing qualitative research in sensitive fields as
mental health professionals 265
Annette Binder
20 'Nothing about us without us': researching sexual and reproductive health
with priority populations 281
Judith A. Dean, Olivia Hollingdrake, James A. Fowler and Sarah Warzywoda
21 Against and with the silence: language, relations and methods in
qualitative research on pregnancy loss and perinatal bereavement 300
Julia Böcker
22 Researching with individuals/couples undergoing IVF treatments: ethical,
practical and methodological insights from within the field 317
Catarina Delaunay, Amélia Augusto, Mário J. D. S. Santos and Luís Gouveia
23 From field to self: (in)sensitivities encountered in researching sexual
harassment at Sri Lankan workplaces 339
Arosha S. Adikaram
24 Researching rape that is not recognised: an auto/biographical
understanding of woman-to-woman rape and sexual assault 354
andebecca (Bex) Twinley
25 Adventures in sex work: a pracademic's perspective in Switzerland 371
Lorena Molnar
26 Conducting research with adolescents experiencing marginalisation and
vulnerability 384
Jessica A. Heerde, Stephanie Begun, Lucas Calais Ferreira, Cristyn
Davies, Marie Habito, Kristi Morrison, Lindsay Pearce, Farnaz Sabet,
Amy M. Salazar, Jennifer Bailey and Susan Sawyer
27 Researching young people's experiences with alcohol, drinking and
drunkenness 403
Samantha Wilkinson and Catherine Wilkinson
28 Researching hate crime with LGBTQ individuals 418
James Pickles
29 Que(e)ry-ing the nexus of vulnerabilities: the sensitive nature of research
into LGBTQ+ and CALD survivor experiences of intimate partner
violence 435
Alex Workman, Angela Dwyer and Tony Rossi
30 Researching sensitive issues with men: some reflections 447
Martin Robb
31 The challenges of engaging in meaningful research on gender, domestic
and sexual violence, and filicide 457
Samantha Burton and Amie Simington
32 Reflections on researching interpersonal violence against older adults:
obstacles and opportunities 479
Hannah Bows
33 Challenges for meaningful participation in prisoner or corrective services
research 491
Nicole Peel, Alex Workman, Samantha Burton and Arianne Reis
34 "Someone would have to die for me to give up": the experience of
researching suicide
Laura Patterson
35 End-of-life care and the human researcher: the emotional impact of
sensitive research on researchers 522
Zana Bayley
