3: Performing Timespace Encounters: Reflecting on Sharing, Voice and Justice in Qualitative Research

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31 Jul 2024
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31–45
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https://doi.org/10.51952/9781529226683.ch003
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This chapter focuses on the justice of sharing voices and stories, using case studies from my qualitative research; this always partial and challenging process of storytelling is viewed through performative timespaces of encounter as a means to reflect on the potential for transformative research from the perspective of researchers and participants. The chapter discusses interviews as encounters through which voices can be shared, brought to a different audience and potentially be empowering. The chapter on performative storytelling through research encounters in timespace uses case study projects on my past research. This includes work on Palestinian and Greek diasporic identity and politics in Greece and Australia respectively, migrant women in Athens and immigration policy changes in the UK, as well as my recent project on young people’s identity and politics in the Greek, Jewish and Palestinian diasporas in England.

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