ON REFLEXIVITY, RELATEDNESS AND INTERPRETATIONS: The Curved Trajectory of Social Research

Description

This book explores the curved trajectory of social science research by placing the researcher and her dilemmas at its centre. It is written from the perspective of the researcher, what she experiences during various stages of research, the questions, doubts, and dilemmas that she encounters. It engages with social science itself, then not in terms of abstract definitions, theories, concepts, methods and principles, but rather as these come to be used in the process of research. It engages with what happens when we use the methods and techniques that we have learned in classrooms in various field situations. The goal in presenting this picture of research is to reach out to other researchers to share our journeys with them, and to present descriptions of research that resonate with our on-ground experiences.

Contributors:

Roma Bhattacharya teaches at the Department of Sociology, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Gandhi Institute of Technology and Management, Hyderabad.

Shruti Jain is a postdoctoral researcher at the Institute of Development Studies (IDS), University of Sussex, United Kingdom.

Vasudha Katju teaches gender studies and academic writing at the Kautilya School of Public Policy, Gandhi Institute of Technology and Management, Hyderabad.

Sabiha Mazid is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Sociology, Jesus and Mary College, University of Delhi.

Roopa Rathnam teaches at the Department of Liberal Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Bengaluru campus.

Rituraj Sharma teaches Sociology at Hindu College, University of Delhi.

Komal Yadav is a Doctoral candidate at the Centre for the Study of Social Systems, Jawaharlal Nehru University.