Lapping, C;
(2016)
Reflexivity and Fantasy: surprising encounters from interpretation to interruption.
Qualitative Inquiry
, 22
(9)
pp. 718-724.
10.1177/1077800416658070.
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Abstract
This article sets out two psychoanalytically informed conceptions of fantasy as a resource for reflexivity in research. First is the fantasy as a defensive structure that distorts our perception of reality, and the use of the researcher’s affective responses as an interpretive tool. Second is the fantasy as a signifying structure that constitutes the subject’s engagement in reality, foregrounding unconscious symbolic associations. These approaches are traced in the construction and analysis of interview data, exploring (a) a trajectory that interprets fantasy as a defense against difficult emotions, (b) the construction of free associations, and (c) symbolic material that disrupts the interpretation of fantasy as defense.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Reflexivity and Fantasy: surprising encounters from interpretation to interruption |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1177/1077800416658070 |
| Publisher version: | http://doi.org/10.1177/1077800416658070 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | © The Author(s) 2016. |
| Keywords: | Autoethnography, cultural anthropology, reflexivity, sociology, subjectivity |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education > IOE - Culture, Communication and Media |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1508205 |
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