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Examining the Researcher’s Position Through its Interaction with Methodological and Ethical Particularities of Religion and Gender

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This chapter examines the researcher’s position through its interaction with the methodological and ethical considerations of the research process. The examination is based on two studies, each of which considers growing-up processes within one religious minority community in Finland: Kuusisto’s study (2011) on the experiences of growing up in affiliation with Seventh-day Adventism, and Rantala’s ongoing study of the processes of the subjectification of women within the Conservative Laestadians, a Laestadian movement that is part of the Finnish Lutheran Church.

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  1. Institute of Behavioural Sciences, University of Helsinki, Finland

    Teija Rantala

  2. Department of Teacher Education, University of Helsinki, Finland

    Arniika Kuusisto

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  1. Department of Teacher Education, University of Helsinki, Finland

    Kirsi Tirri

  2. Department of Teacher Education, University of Helsinki, Finland

    Elina Kuusisto

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Rantala, T., Kuusisto, A. (2013). Examining the Researcher’s Position Through its Interaction with Methodological and Ethical Particularities of Religion and Gender. In: Tirri, K., Kuusisto, E. (eds) Interaction in Educational Domains. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6209-395-9_6

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