Care ethics and critical friends: feminist research practice as an insider/outsider

Kim, J; Biddolph, C; Shepherd, LJ

Care ethics and critical friends: feminist research practice as an insider/outsider

Kim, J Biddolph, C

Shepherd, LJ

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Publisher:: BRISTOL UNIV PRESS & POLICY PRESS
Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF POLITICS AND GENDER, 2024
Issue Date:: 2024-05-27

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dc.contributor.author	Kim, J
dc.contributor.author	Biddolph, C https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3588-3128
dc.contributor.author	Shepherd, LJ
dc.date.accessioned	2024-09-11T22:34:25Z
dc.date.available	2024-09-11T22:34:25Z
dc.date.issued	2024-05-27
dc.identifier.citation	EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF POLITICS AND GENDER, 2024
dc.identifier.issn	2515-1088
dc.identifier.issn	2515-1096
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/180792
dc.description.abstract	<jats:p>Building upon its development in educational scholarship, feminist scholars have incorporated the concept of ‘critical friend’ into their methodologies. Within political science, feminists have articulated critical friendship as relational research praxis, applying the concept to relationships between feminist academics and gender experts in institutions. We bring this research into conversation with feminist care ethics, asking how commitments to care ethics interact with commitments to being a ‘critical friend’ in feminist political science research. Based on interviews with feminist researchers, we argue that care is intrinsic to feminist research and underpins friendship. Whether or not it is explicitly articulated, the concept of ‘critical friend’ carries assumptions about the centrality and practice of care. These findings suggest that feminist scholars need to surface care explicitly in methodological discussions and articulate caring strategies, including self-care. Such surfacing must include acknowledging care as a source of depletion and nourishment, as well as fundamentally political.</jats:p>
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	BRISTOL UNIV PRESS & POLICY PRESS
dc.relation.ispartof	EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF POLITICS AND GENDER
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1332/25151088Y2024D000000034
dc.rights	info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
dc.subject.classification	4405 Gender studies
dc.subject.classification	4408 Political science
dc.title	Care ethics and critical friends: feminist research practice as an insider/outsider
dc.type	Journal Article
pubs.organisational-group	University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
pubs.organisational-group	University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences/School of International Studies
utslib.copyright.status	closed_access	*
dc.date.updated	2024-09-11T22:34:23Z
pubs.publication-status	Published online

Abstract:

Building upon its development in educational scholarship, feminist scholars have incorporated the concept of ‘critical friend’ into their methodologies. Within political science, feminists have articulated critical friendship as relational research praxis, applying the concept to relationships between feminist academics and gender experts in institutions. We bring this research into conversation with feminist care ethics, asking how commitments to care ethics interact with commitments to being a ‘critical friend’ in feminist political science research. Based on interviews with feminist researchers, we argue that care is intrinsic to feminist research and underpins friendship. Whether or not it is explicitly articulated, the concept of ‘critical friend’ carries assumptions about the centrality and practice of care. These findings suggest that feminist scholars need to surface care explicitly in methodological discussions and articulate caring strategies, including self-care. Such surfacing must include acknowledging care as a source of depletion and nourishment, as well as fundamentally political.

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