Warr Deborah J
University of Melbourne, Australia.
Qual Health Res. 2004 Apr;14(4):578-87. doi: 10.1177/1049732303260449.
In this article, the author reflects on her involvement in qualitative health among disadvantaged and disenfranchised groups whose life experiences are, for the most part, very different from her own. Despite the differences, she is persuaded that it is possible to have an empathetic understanding of other people's experiences through research. Recalling experiences from her own research encounters, she shows the ways in which these encounters as embodied and situated interactions generate a powerful methodological potential for gaining insight into other people's lives. She suggests strategies for preserving the layers of context and meaning that can otherwise be lost when research encounters are transformed into research data. Furthermore, the methodological power of qualitative research can mean that research encounters are intense and emotional experiences for researchers. Therefore, she offers some strategies for managing the emotional potency of some of the more distressing life stories that social researchers might come to know.
在本文中，作者反思了自己参与针对弱势群体和被剥夺权利群体开展的定性健康研究的经历，这些群体的生活经历在很大程度上与她自己的截然不同。尽管存在差异，但她坚信通过研究能够设身处地地理解他人的经历。回顾自己研究过程中的经历，她展示了这些作为具体情境下互动的经历如何产生强大的方法潜力，以深入了解他人的生活。她提出了一些策略，以保留那些在研究经历转化为研究数据时可能会丢失的背景和意义层次。此外，定性研究的方法力量可能意味着研究经历对研究者来说是强烈且情绪化的体验。因此，她提供了一些策略，用于应对社会研究者可能会了解到的一些更令人痛苦的生活故事所带来的情感冲击。
