Some reflections on outsider and insider identities in ethnic and migrant qualitative research
Some reflections on outsider and insider identities in ethnic and migrant qualitative research

Author(s): Sharon Wray, Michelle Bartholomew
Subject(s): Sociology, Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology, Methodology and research technology, Migration Studies, Identity of Collectives
Published by: Transnational Press London
Keywords: methodology; qualitative research; ethnicity; identity;
Summary/Abstract: This article explores some of the methodological issues relating to outsider and insider identities in ethnic and migrant qualitative research. It draws up-on two qualitative research studies that set out to examine older (55-75 years) migrant African Caribbean women’s experiences of health and ageing in the UK. An aim is to problematise the conceptualisation of insiderness and outsiderness as polarised and discrete, and provide some examples of how these identities might overlap and intersect. The article takes issue with the argument that it is both possible and desirable to ‘match’ the ethnic background of researcher and participant.

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