Summary

This paper focusses on three methdological issues arising from the research: the impact of the subject position of the researcher in data gathering and interpretation; ethical aspects of the relationships between the researcher and the researched especially in participant observation, and the challenges this study presents to ways of narrating womens lives. The study involved womens experiences of living and working in Antarctica and their struggle to resist the discources that maintain Antarctica as a male preserve.

Authors:Burns R.J. Publisher: Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto Published in: 2000 Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature Program area: Human Impacts Research
Burns R.J. (2000) Investigating Women's Antarctic Experiences: Some methodological reflections on a qualitative, feminist projec, Resources for Feminist Research 28(1&2). 133-149;

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