Editing Vulnerability (section)

=Vulnerability=

Initial affective responses, as they inevitably happen along the course of research, are often left unmentioned in academic publications in favour of more sanitized, cognitive or rational responses. 

Emotions are deemed to stay out of research. As a result, many academics do not know how to examine and articulate their feelings towards their own work<ref>Daly, B. (2005) “Taking Whiteness Personally: Learning to Teach Testimonial Reading and Writing in the College Literature Classroom,” Pedagogy, 5(2), pp. 213–246. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1215/15314200-5-2-213.</ref>. 

This can perpetuate oppression, as unexamined emotions like guilt, might lead to denial, or defensiveness that prevent us from studying how affective responses influence practices and choices made within research. Guilt, for example, can form a trap of one remaining oriented on the past<ref>Young, I.M. (2010) Responsibility for Justice. Oxford University Press.</ref>. 

<div class="next_choice">Rather than letting it trap us into passive feelings of guilt, or lure us towards superficial forms of empathy, testimonial readings allow us to acknowledge, and explore such unsettlement more meaningfully. However, in doing so, we should beware to not make a move towards innocence. </div>



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