Doing research, writing politics: the dilemmas of political intervention in research on racism
- 1 May 1993
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Economy and Society
- Vol. 22 (2) , 178-199
- https://doi.org/10.1080/03085149300000010
Abstract
What are the ethical and political dilemmas faced in carrying out research on racism? This paper explores this question by drawing on our fieldwork experience in the course of doing research on the local politics of race in Birmingham. The initial premise is that it is impossible to see research in this field as simply an information-gathering process. Rather we argue that it is important to see how researcher and researched interact, the identities which are expressed and generated in these interactions, and how racism features within the research process. The second half of the paper focuses on the dilemmas of becoming involved in political debates through the research process itself.Keywords
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