ABSTRACT

In this chapter, we draw attention to the complex entanglements of subjectivity, context and relationality informing research with/in marginalized communities. The chapter revisits our research stories to illustrate these entanglements and the significance of attending to them critically in researching ethically with marginalized communities. We argue that critically reflecting on who we are, what we know and what we value as researchers, is not only imperative in our research with/in marginalized communities but enabling of ethical research relations. Referring to the research stories presented in the book, the chapter draws attention to the different ethical imperatives within each story, shaped by different personal histories and experiences and different ideas about social justice. In concluding the book, we offer a series of questions for consideration in thinking more deeply and comprehensively about how researchers might create more ethical and just pathways in our research with marginalized communities.