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In this chapter, I try to describe the experience, as someone new to research, of engaging with people who had been, in various ways, defrauded. I was not prepared for the emotional toll it had on me, nor for the fact that I was pretty much left to my own devices when navigating my way through interactions with a range of people. I was surprised and, to be honest, a little dismayed by the trust they placed in me as they laid bare some painful experiences.
This chapter is dedicated to the participants of my study, who bravely shared their sorrows, pain and embarrassment with me.
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Alizadeh, F. (2023). “Would You Say, I Can Get My Money Back?”. In: Krüger, M., De Castro Leal, D., Randall, D., Tolmie, P. (eds) Torn Many Ways. Human–Computer Interaction Series. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-31642-5_7
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