[Last modified: October, 22 2024 08:19 PM]
Before taking about the positionality thing, I think my topic may now more focus on queer women, not sure if it is the lesbian group yet. Based on this, recalling the discussion in class last week on queer interview. I remember that our tutor said that the queer groups will usually concern more when they are asking to participant in a research, as they may easily feel nervous, afraid of exposure. After class, I was asking myself about this: as a queer woman myself, am I really willing to attend a research as a participant? And I feel the same thing. As a Chinese queer woman, where the society and social norm do not accept the queer identities, telling others your identity means there is a chance you are going to be exposed by someone. It is risk to my reputation and may lead to many troublesome. Therefore, if I am really going to interview a Chinese queer woman, or queer women from other culture perspectives, I will firstly research on their culture background and will promise their identities will be kept 100% private.
Another take away from our tutor’s words is that as queer women may easier to accept the invitation from queer researchers. Therefore, I am thinking if I am going to ask a queer to join my research, I will show my queer identity to them first to relief their stress or vigilance, and pull closer the distance between each other. I have also heard this suggestion from my course director when I join the office hour. He said that if I feel embarrassed or do not know how to start the conversation with others, I will firstly need to become one of them to relief my embarrassment. In addition, he also gave me an useful suggestion on getting participants, which is social networking. I remember that “when you go straight to someone and say I am studying on xxx and are you interested in become one of my participant, people may say no; but if you asking people for a participant recommendation, they may bring you to their friends. At they time, the ‘friends’ are more likely to accept the invitation. I felt like this method is a quite interesting one and I believe that I can try this in the future if I have a hard time looking for a participant.