Abstract

AGUILAR FERRO, Andrea Isabel. Scientifics (and more than that): reflections on self-care, emotions, ethics, agency and power in feminist research. Rev. urug. Antropología y Etnografía [online]. 2022, vol.7, n.1, pp.77-101.  Epub June 01, 2022. ISSN 2393-7068.  https://doi.org/10.29112/ruae.v7i1.1495.

In this article I write from my experience as a feminist researcher and I present some examples with research that have led me to recognize the agency of the contexts in which we research and of the research itself, insofar as they produce experience in us, situate us and affect us in multiple dimensions. Especially derived from my experiences in collaborative research, I reflect on the mutability of the positions that we adopt as researchers but also as research subjects. I speak of mutability of positions insofar as the experience that is produced from the research is never and will never be static. Our positions become more complex as they intertwine with our affections and mutual affections that can come to mediate our experience with the research itself. In this sense, I also address the relevance of doing research with our peers. Finally, I reflect on the implications of positioning ourselves and situating ourselves in research experiences (collaborative or not), on the power dynamics that go through these experiences and on the need to build self-care practices for researchers, starting from recognizing ourselves as scientists and more than that: as sentient beings.

Keywords : self-care; feminist research; agency; ethics; anthropology.

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