@article{8559028,
  abstract     = {{In order to take into account the power imbalances typically implicated in knowledge
production about the complex social problem of poverty, social work researchers have
increasingly acknowledged the importance of grasping the viewpoints and perspectives
of people in poverty situations. In this contribution, we accordingly reflect on a current
life history research project that retrospectively explores the life stories of parents with
young children with regard to their mobility into and out of poverty that is examined in
dynamic interaction with social work interventions. In this article, we discuss methodological
and ethical challenges and complexities that we unexpectedly encountered in our
research venture, as illustrated by three exemplary vignettes. These examples demonstrate
issues of power between the researcher and the research participants that are
not only inevitable, but also generate dilemmas, struggles and ambiguities that often
remain underexposed in the ways scientific insights are reported. Rather than disguising
these pits and bumps, we argue for a reflexive research stance which makes these issues
of power in knowledge production susceptible to contemplation and scrutiny.}},
  author       = {{Schiettecat, Tineke and Roets, Griet and Vandenbroeck, Michel}},
  issn         = {{1473-3250}},
  journal      = {{QUALITATIVE SOCIAL WORK}},
  keywords     = {{Biographical turn,life history,poverty,ethics,power}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{3}},
  pages        = {{387--404}},
  title        = {{Capturing life histories about movements into and out of poverty : a road with pits and bumps}},
  url          = {{http://doi.org/10.1177/1473325016674545}},
  volume       = {{17}},
  year         = {{2018}},
}

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