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Black (w)Holes: A Researcher's Place in Her Research

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This paper is presented in three major parts. The Prelude serves as an introduction to the issue of researcher bias. To illustrate how my own personal experience with homelessness biases my place in the research of homeless youth, three voices are presented in the Interlude. My voice, the voices of homeless youth, and voices of authority are displayed in three columns. The closing part of this paper returns to the motif: issues of researcher bias. In the Postlude I discuss how I see my biases influencing my research with homeless youth.

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Norum, K.E. Black (w)Holes: A Researcher's Place in Her Research. Qualitative Sociology 23, 319–340 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1005520027445

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