Research encounters, reflexivity and supervision

Elliott, H. A.; Ryan, Joanna; Hollway, Wendy

doi:10.1080/13645579.2011.610157

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“…Psychoanalytically informed versions of reflexivity accompanied both methods (Elliott, 2011;Elliott et al, 2012). Reflective fieldnotes provided the initial form in which researcher subjectivity and the research relationship became part of the data record.…”

Section: The Research Project and Its Methodological Use Of Affectmentioning

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Troubling categories and conflicting affective relations: A narrative case analytic study of mixedness

Hollway

Elliott

2014

Subjectivity

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We take readers directly to a research interview extract in which Liyanna introduces the topic of her 'mixed' new baby, where we trace the affect in the interchange. Our purpose is to conceptualise an event of production of subjectivity, specifically Liyanna's talking about her daughter's appearance, through the triune relations among discourses (about and constituting or marking differences), the bodily schema to which 'mixed' refers and psychic change as a key feature of subjective becoming. After situating our research data, methodology and theoretical resources, we focus on two interview extracts in order to show how Liyanna's use of a mixedness discourse draws on her imaginative resources, and on her own and the interviewer's containment, in the thinking space afforded by the interview encounter; space for making sense and finding comfort. In this way, Liyanna's subjectivity-in-process vitalises a process of parental ethnic mixing and contributes to cultural hybridity.

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Troubling categories and conflicting affective relations: A narrative case analytic study of mixedness

Hollway

Elliott

2014

Subjectivity

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“…32, 36–38) and Wengraf (, pp. 69, 113), like many other social scientists, consider the concept of the ‘whole’ as the collection of all that can be accumulated about a person taking part in research; that is, not only the recording and subsequent transcript of the interview, but also the observation of non‐verbal and embodied aspects of communication, the emotional states and ‘other non‐speech features of the context, setting and research process’ (Elliott, Ryan & Hollway, , p. 436). This emphasizes the importance of ‘researcher reflectivity’ and the noting of thoughts and feelings evoked by the interview encounters.…”

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Encapsulated Sadness: Iranian Migrants and Exiles in London

Sekechi¹

2020

Brit J Psychotherapy

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This paper is about the experiences of migration of middle class Iranians living in London, with focus on the psychosocial experiences of one woman. Her story is representative of the stories of Iranians who 'make it' in exile. There is scant study of the lives of middle class Iranian migrants; I carried out research to contribute to the wider literature on migration and to address this gap. The paper is based on the empirical findings of a PhD study which drew on two strands of psychosocial methodology, BNIM (biographical narrative interview method) and FANI (free association narrative interview) to collect data. Ten Iranian men and women living in London were selected through 'purposive sampling' and a 'snowballing process' and each individual was interviewed twice. Examination of the data draws on psychoanalytic, sociological and psychosocial theories to gain insight into experiences of loss and the relationship between loss and sadness expressed in their stories. Common to all of the interviewees was a core sense of loss. This was mostly linked to losses of work, professional status, family attachments and complexities of cultural belonging and dislocation. The findings suggest that this sadness is of an encapsulated nature that cannot be worked through.

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“…In this way, using subjectivity objectively (Elliott, Ryan & Hollway, ) was an ongoing approach that I took in my research. Another way I think about this is as depth reflexivity: a psychoanalytic approach to reflexivity.…”

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The Intricate Process of Psychoanalytic Research: Encountering the Intersubjective Experience of the Researcher–Participant Relationship

Harvey¹

2017

Brit J Psychotherapy

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Qualitative research in general and the psychoanalytically informed research interview method specifically, can be emotionally demanding on researchers as they form relationships with participants. This is especially the case when researchers and participants share particular identities and experiences. In this paper I reflect on my experience of interviewing mothers raising children with a visible physical disability about their maternal subjectivity. At times this was an emotionally demanding and ethically challenging process as participants closely identified with certain aspects of my identity, particularly with my visible physical disability and motherhood peculiarities. Often participants unexpectedly reversed our roles, asking me intimate questions. I will deliberate these dilemmas using interview material. I argue for a mindful blurring with participants when this occurs. Using certain psychoanalytic-researcher concepts of intersubjectivity, transference-countertransference and psychoanalyticresearcher thirdness helped me successfully navigate these encounters. I will also explore the rich participant psychic functioning that was generated from this intersubjective relationship between myself and the participants.

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Research encounters, reflexivity and supervision

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Cited by 42 publications

References 22 publications

Troubling categories and conflicting affective relations: A narrative case analytic study of mixedness

Troubling categories and conflicting affective relations: A narrative case analytic study of mixedness

Encapsulated Sadness: Iranian Migrants and Exiles in London

The Intricate Process of Psychoanalytic Research: Encountering the Intersubjective Experience of the Researcher–Participant Relationship

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