‘The Tortoise under the couch’: an African woman’s reflections on negotiating insider- outsider positionalities and issues of serendipity on conducting a qualitative research project in Cape Town,South Africa§

Issues of positionality of Black African researchers researching African issues is seldom discussed in methodological literature. In this article, I reflect from an African perspective on issues of insider/outsider positionalities and of serendipity and unexpectedness during my fieldwork which are areas often dominated by writing from the global north and by writers and researchers who do not identify as African people of color and hope that my article will contribute to fill this gap. I share my background, identity, gender and age, and how these might have influenced my approach and interpretation during the process. My qualitative study explored perspectives and subjective experiences of Xhosa speaking adults with epilepsy and their carers in an urban Black township in Cape Town, South Africa. I conclude with the tortoise metaphor to show the cultural relevance thereof, the importance of curiosity and of embracing events of unexpectedness in fieldwork.     

“异乡人”身份和“边缘人”人格的赛珍珠

赛珍珠是一个"异乡人",也是一个"边缘人",她具有"异乡人"身份和"边缘人"人格。虽然她在中国生活了近40年,虽然她是美国历史上第一个获得诺贝尔文学奖的女作家,但是无论在中国还是在美国,赛珍珠都感到自己是一个"异乡人","异乡人"的身份催化了她"边缘人"的"人格",从而对她的创作和事业选择发生影响。     

"局外人"与公众话语--伍尔夫后期小说的文化立场与散文化写作研究

英国女作家伍尔夫晚年逐渐形成了一种“局外人”文化立场,受这一立场的影响,对公众日常历史观的宣扬成了其后期小说的创作主旨,而小说的散文化写作则成了她后期小说的主要创作手法。这种新的创作主题和艺术形式形象地传达了她对公众之声的重新思考和意图弥合精英与公众之间的鸿沟的努力。     

On the Outside Looking In? The Experience of Being a Straight,Cisgender Qualitative Researcher

Research with disenfranchised and marginalized populations is often completed by those traditionally considered outsiders who are not part of the studied population. The history of outsider research has been somewhat tumultuous, and some outsider researchers have manipulated participants or carried out unethical studies. However, the insider/outsider dichotomy is overly simplistic and does not always accurately reflect the researcher position. Using lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer individuals as an example, this article will review the literature on insider/outsider researchers, suggest a more fluid concept of researcher positionality, and identify several recommendations for qualitative researchers.     

《中国在梁庄》:“外来者”视域下的乡村想象

“外来者”是中国现当代文学史上一个经典的人物类型,以写作《中国在梁庄》而闻名的梁鸿之于梁庄便是一个“外来者”。经过这一视域的过滤,梁庄成为“外来者故事”中阐释现代与传统、外来与本土、城市与乡村等问题的“最佳话语场”;成为通过“这一个”的病灶式呈现,反映当下中国转型期众多乡村现实的“被剪裁的样本”;成为交织着民间同情立场和理性批判精神、叠加着启蒙烛照和感性宣泄的满是裂隙的“乡村想象”。     

Peach Trees Grow in the Spaces Between People: Counselling Practices in the Territory of Violence

In this paper the authors reflect on how therapeutic practices wove a community of care and concern with a young man in South Africa who was at risk of anger ruling his life. A counselor and outsider witnesses participated in responding to the problems the young man and his family faced. The authors discuss the steps they took in the therapeutic journey and describe how their personal and professional lives were shaped by this collaboration. This work inspires and sustains their enthusiasm in seeking to understand how to best respond when positioned to counsel.     

京剧《四进士》中的“异乡人”与“好人”:论明清社会中“差序格局”的另一面

费孝通先生的“差序格局”概念是中国社会学中的经典概念。近年来，围绕“差序格局”学界有更加深入的探讨，揭示了其内部的丰富性和复杂性。不过，这些研究并没有探讨“差序格局”的另一面，即如何能从亲属关系推展到天下范围。为了探讨这一问题，本文对京剧《四进士》剧本进行了细致分析，从中发现“异乡人”和“好人”两个重要概念，通过探索其内涵及其相互关系，来理解“差序格局”中“推”的真正含义。在此基础上，本文探讨了“亲属关系”与“异乡人关系”之间的复杂关联，并重新理解“伦理精神”的含义。     

Reflections on conducting research on the ‘war on terror’: religious identity,subjectivity and emotions

In recent years there has been an increase in literature which has explored the insider/outsider position through ethnic identities. However, there remains a neglect of religious identities, even though it could be argued that religious identities have become increasingly important through being prominent in international issues such as the ‘war on terror’ and the Middle East conflict. Through drawing on the concept of subjectivity, I reflect on research I conducted on the impact of the ‘war on terror’ on British Muslims. I explore the space between the insider/outsider position demonstrating how my various subjectivities – the ‘non-Islamic appearance I’, the ‘Muslim I’, the ‘personal I’, the ‘exploring I’, the ‘Kashmiri I’ or the ‘Pakistani I’, the ‘status I’ and the ‘outsider I’ – assisted in establishing trust, openness and commonality. I conclude by demonstrating how the ‘emotional I’ allowed me to manage my own emotions and participants emotions.     

论现代企业人本管理的完整内涵

企业管理理论随实践的变化而发展,人们对人本管理原理内涵的理解也随经济社会进步,经历了不同的历史阶段。现代企业人本管理由对企业“内部人”管理和满足企业“外部人”要求两大部分组成,它们之间的相互关系越来越密切,甚至满足“外部人”需要才是企业生存之本。创造和满足企业“外部人”需要,这一自觉或不自觉地被忽视的现代企业人本管理新内涵应该被越来越多的企业认识与应用。以创造顾客、满足需要为宗旨,遵守法律规范、承担社会责任等人本管理新理念建立日显必要与重要。     

如何应对对外直接投资的潜在风险？——一个跨学科视角的文献研究

随着中国企业对外直接投资的显著增加,正确理解并有效管理企业对外投资的潜在风险变得尤为重要。现有的经济学和管理学研究路径都存在一定的缺陷,没有形成理解此类风险出现的根源及应对手段的逻辑完整的框架。以合法性的概念为核心,从"经济学—管理学"的综合路径出发,对对外投资的潜在风险进行了分析,构建了逻辑相对完整的理论框架,指出对外投资的潜在风险主要是企业外来者身份与本地合法性之间冲突的产物,本地合法性的获得可以有效帮助企业防范和应对对外直接投资中的潜在风险。此外,还总结了以往企业获得本地合法性的方法,这对企业应对对外直接投资的潜在风险具有重要的借鉴意义。