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College of Liberal Arts & Sciences Department of Gender & Women's Studies

"Bad Feelings: On Trauma, Nonlinear Time, and Accidental Encounters in 'the Field'"

Ghassan Moussawi, Associate Professor of Sociology and Gender & Women's Studies

Moussawi describes this article as exploring “ 'bad feelings' in the field and the research process. Combining autoethnography with feminist and queer methods, I counter the stigma around trauma and feelings of shame and fear in research. I ask what happens when the researcher experiences bad feelings that recall past lived trauma, and that challenge their sense of safety and security."

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