Qualitative Researcher Vulnerability

1 Vulnerability, the pursuit of knowledge, and the humanity of doing research^*

Milli Lake and Alexandra C. Hartman

DOI: 10.4324/9781003349266-2

* This reflection is taken from a keynote address given by Milli Lake at the Seventh Annual Qualitative Research Symposium on researcher vulnerability, hosted by the University of Bath’s Centre for Qualitative Research in 2022. The keynote has been adapted for publication in collaboration with Alexandra C. Hartman.

Introduction

The first few in-person interactions following months of lockdown resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic were world-shifting. I (Milli) recall two chance encounters in particular: one with a friend and one with a group of students. The conversations were not noteworthy in their ...