chapter 13 Epistemological Violence, Psychological Whips, and Other Moments of Angst: Reflections on PhD Research

Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgments vii
4. Introduction 3
5. Alternative Pathways: Opting for the Road Seldom Taken
6. Observing a Self-Chosen Death 15
7. Ensuring Aboriginal Women’s Voices Are Heard: Toward a Balanced Approach in Community-Based Research 38
8. Commitment and Participation: A Collective Action to Defend the Rights of Homeless People against Anti-Disorder Policing Practices in Montreal 62
9. Dance in Prison: Narratives of the Body, Performativity, Methodology, and Criminology 81
10. Producing Feminist Knowledge: Lessons from the Past 104
11. The Evolution of Feminist Research in the Criminological Enterprise: The Canadian Experience 125
12. Ethical Quagmires: Regulating Qualitative Research
13. The Politics of Threats in Correctional and Forensic Settings: The Specificities of Nursing Research 147
14. How Positivism Is Colonizing Qualitative Research through Ethics Review 173
15. Fighting the Big Bad Wolf: Why All the Fuss about Ethics Review Boards? 195
16. Doublespeak and Double Standards: Holding a Rogue University Administration to Account 216
17. Emotion Work and Identity: Self-Examination and Self-Awareness
18. Reconciling the Irreconcilable: Resolving Emotionality and Research Responsibility When Working for the Traumatizer 245
19. Grappling with Reflexivity and the Role of Emotion in Criminological Analysis 267
20. Epistemological Violence, Psychological Whips, and Other Moments of Angst: Reflections on PhD Research 286
21. Activist Academic Whore: Negotiating the Fractured Otherness Abyss 306
22. Concluding Thoughts 326
23. Contributors 336
24. Index 343