ABSTRACT
In this chapter, Mcwatts argues that drawing on the emotions generated in the field has much to offer both researcher and participants if carefully included in the research methodology. By employing self-reflexivity and examining the field diary, the author used for her doctoral studies, she re-considers her positionality by considering her own past and the inter-relationships that might have been forged with the research participants if emotions had been considered in the field. She then reflects upon the impact it would have had on her research and thus on her knowledge production, in particular a new methodology which veers from the postcolonial to the decolonial. She also considers what it would have meant for knowledge production if she had practised Ubuntu in her research. She understands this chapter to illustrate the value of reflection and the passage of time to discern new methodological opportunities.
