Abstract
Over the course of my doctoral research in publishing studies, I have become curious about the kind of embedded live collaborative study I am undertaking, which is working towards the potential creation of a new literary prize. This article will add to existing scholarship by examining how research can be conceived of as an active part of evidence-based prize creation. To do so, it will draw on feminist research methodology and record formation scholarship, and examine how other awards and literary organisations conceptualise their archives. The article will then present the original findings of the study, beginning with the conceptualisation of the researcher as inhabiting three distinct roles, moving on to modelling the relationship between the researcher and the prize project, concluding with an exploration of these relationships through autoethnographic observations and semi-structured interviews. The article will conclude asserting what these findings mean for this kind of live award scholarship.
Highlights
The above is a quote from an interview conducted to examine gender equality issues in contemporary Scottish writing and publishing
Over the course of my doctoral research in publishing studies, I have become curious about the kind of embedded live collaborative study I am undertaking, which is working towards the potential creation of a new literary prize
In order to aid this rethinking, these types of projects ought to draw more on scholarship in other fields such as feminist research methodology, record formation, archival studies, and science fiction studies
Summary
The above is a quote from an interview conducted to examine gender equality issues in contemporary Scottish writing and publishing In this interview, I wanted to find out what the impact of having a researcher involved in the prize creation process had been like. My own work has evidenced that contemporary book reviewing in Scotland privileges male reviewers and male authors (Christina Neuwirth, 2018) As these examples show, gender inequality in Scottish writing and publishing is a persistent issue; the creation of a new prize to address this, and the opportunity for live embedded research this presents, is an under-researched area. Hesse-Biber suggests that feminist in-depth interviewing involves reflecting on ‘the various ways [the researcher’s] social position affects the way [they] observe and perceive others’ (Hesse-Biber, 2007: 131) This project foregrounds the individual lived experiences of the researcher and the researched, and how these structure our understanding of our social environment. I am a participant of the group whose lives are being researched; yet I am the researcher who is conducting the data collection which in turn will become an instrument to provide evidence for the group I am researching
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