Aston, Katie; Cornish, Helen and Joyce, Aimée Edith. 2015. Plotting Belonging: Interrogating insider and outsider status in faith research. DISKUS, 17(1), pp. 1-13. [Article]

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Fifteen years ago an outpouring of new academic material asserted the value of being an insider in religious research. Conventional assumptions that linked objectivity with outsider status were challenged. This valuable burst of scholarship worked hard to critique the kind of research that preceded it, where faith or identity was seen to compromise research values, and undermine integrity and rigour. This special edition interrogates the legacy of
the shift towards practitioner-research with religious-spiritual-magical-secular communities, particularly, but not only, when research examines broader social, historical and political concerns as well as the processes of faith and belief. It examines some more experiential dynamics of research to consider how the insider/outsider debate plays out from the inside of the research process

Item Type:	Article
Additional Information:	DISKUS Special edition: 'Interrogating integrity: reflections on the insider/outsider debate'
Departments, Centres and Research Units:	Anthropology
Dates:	Date Event 5 September 2015 Published
Item ID:	28383
Date Deposited:	29 Apr 2020 09:19
Last Modified:	29 Apr 2020 17:27
Peer Reviewed:	Yes, this version has been peer-reviewed.
URI:	https://research.gold.ac.uk/id/eprint/28383

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