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Alexandre Pichel Vázquez
How are we perceived when we participate in far-right events? What is our stance when antifascism responds actively? What are our emotional and physical responses when a confrontation between antagonist forces emerges? In social sciences, there is a long tradition of reflection on the researcher’s relationship with informants and the field of study. However, when critical and progressive researchers conduct fieldwork in the far-right, their political and academic subjectivities might clash. In this confrontation, different ethical dilemmas arise that academic reflexivity based on positionality fails to capture. Focusing on the somatic and emotional effects of the research, this article seeks a methodological and ethical reflection through three specific experiences encountered during fieldwork within the far-right political party Vox. This article questions the consequences of researchers’ subjectivities and the effects on our personal lives.
Como se nos ve cando participamos nos actos da ultradereita? Cal é a nosa posición cando o antifascismo responde de forma activa? Cales son as nosas respostas emocionais e corporais cando ocorre unha confrontación entre forzas antagónicas? Nas ciencias sociais existe unha longa tradición de reflexión sobre a relación da investigadora coas persoas informantes e o campo de estudo. No entanto, cando as investigadoras críticas e progresistas realizan traballo de campo na ultradereita, as súas subxectividades políticas e académicas poden quedar enfrontadas. Neste choque, xorden diversos dilemas éticos que a reflexividade académica baseada na posicionalidade non é capaz de captar. Poñendo o foco nos efectos somáticos e emocionais da investigación, o artigo procura a reflexión metodolóxica e ética mediante tres experiencias concretas sucedidas durante o traballo de campo feito no partido político de ultradereita Vox. O artigo cuestiónase polas consecuencias nas subxectividades investigadoras e polos efectos na nosa vida persoal.
