Memory-Work: The Method

Onyx, J; Small, J

Memory-Work: The Method

Onyx, J

Small, J

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Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: Qualitative Inquiry, 2001, 7 (6), pp. 773 - 786
Issue Date:: 2001-01-01

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dc.contributor.author	Onyx, J https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7166-833X	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Small, J https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6200-5398	en_US
dc.date.issued	2001-01-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Qualitative Inquiry, 2001, 7 (6), pp. 773 - 786	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	1077-8004	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/4966
dc.description.abstract	Memory-work is a social constructionist and feminist research method that was developed in Germany by Frigga Haug and others explicitly to bridge the gap between theory and experience. It provides a way of exploring the process whereby individual women become part of society, and the ways in which women themselves participate in that process of socialization. It is a group method, involving always the collective analysis of individual written memories. It is feminist in being explicitly liberationist in its intent. The use of memory-work as a method in feminist social research has become well established in Australia and New Zealand. Increasingly, its use as a qualitative research method has come to challenge conventional mainstream research practices. However, for feminist researchers too, the method brings with it many fascinating dilemmas and issues of both a theoretical and methodological nature. This article identifies some of those issues. © 2001, Sage Publications. All rights reserved.	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Qualitative Inquiry	en_US
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1177/107780040100700608	en_US
dc.subject.classification	Social Sciences Methods	en_US
dc.title	Memory-Work: The Method	en_US
dc.type	Journal Article
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Abstract:

Memory-work is a social constructionist and feminist research method that was developed in Germany by Frigga Haug and others explicitly to bridge the gap between theory and experience. It provides a way of exploring the process whereby individual women become part of society, and the ways in which women themselves participate in that process of socialization. It is a group method, involving always the collective analysis of individual written memories. It is feminist in being explicitly liberationist in its intent. The use of memory-work as a method in feminist social research has become well established in Australia and New Zealand. Increasingly, its use as a qualitative research method has come to challenge conventional mainstream research practices. However, for feminist researchers too, the method brings with it many fascinating dilemmas and issues of both a theoretical and methodological nature. This article identifies some of those issues. © 2001, Sage Publications. All rights reserved.

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