This article proposes that survival may be considered a research method for social researchers, especially if they are undertaking fieldwork within marginalised communities of which they are a part. Drawing on an autoethnographic account of conducting research while trans, it shows how marginalised researchers may encounter both challenges common within the neoliberal university, and troubles specific to the researcher’s social identity, touching on experiences of casualisation, distressing fieldwork, trauma, and suicide. The article concludes that marginalised researchers should not be held individually responsible for their own survival; rather, they require the active support of research communities and institutional frameworks.

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边缘化的方法论：在新自由主义学院中幸存的压迫和创伤性实地考察

本文提出，对于社会研究人员来说，生存可能被视为一种研究方法，尤其是当他们在他们所属的边缘化社区进行实地调查时。借鉴在跨性别期间进行研究的自人民族志描述，它展示了边缘化的研究人员可能会遇到新自由主义大学中常见的挑战，以及研究人员社会身份特有的麻烦，涉及临时化、令人痛苦的实地工作、创伤和自杀的经历。文章的结论是，边缘化的研究人员不应为自己的生存承担个人责任；相反，它们需要研究团体和机构框架的积极支持。