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Type: | Journal article |
Title: | Recovering from Doing Research as a Survivor Researcher |
Author: | Michell, D.E. |
Citation: | Qualitative Report: an online journal dedicated to qualitative research since 1990, 2020; 25(5):1377-1392 |
Publisher: | Nova Southeastern University |
Issue Date: | 2020 |
ISSN: | 1052-0147 2160-3715 |
Statement of Responsibility: | Dee E. Michell |
Abstract: | In this paper I explore the research process I undertook to recover from research. For three years from 2013 I was involved in a research project exploring the history of foster care in Australia. At the end I was exhausted and suffering trauma symptoms I initially attributed to the difficulties of juggling a major research project while teaching and undertaking key administrative tasks. Reluctance to write up the research findings, however, made me reconsider this attribution and at the end of 2016 I set out to make sense of what had happened to make me feel so bad while undertaking a research project I was thrilled to be involved with. Recovery came through identifying as a survivor-researcher, exploring the literature on trauma and recovery from trauma, and thinking through a “wish list” of protocols and self-care activities I should have put in place earlier. I conclude the paper with recommendations for ways by which survivorresearchers can look after themselves, and ways for others to support survivor-researchers. |
Keywords: | Qualitative Inquiry; Survivor-Researcher; Vicarious Trauma; Survivor Guilt; Retraumatization; Vicarious Resilience; Post-Traumatic Growth |
Rights: | © 2020: Dee Michell and Nova Southeastern University. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 4.0 International License. |
Published version: | https://nsuworks.nova.edu/tqr/vol25/iss5/14/ |
Appears in Collections: | Gender Studies and Social Analysis publications |
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