Abstract

This article problematizes the role of the interview as a methodological strategy that loses its easy replication when employed in studies with undocumented youth. We raise questions about the contingencies of conducting qualitative interviews with undocumented youth – what does it mean leverage the interview-event as a space of healing for them? What does it mean to recognize, or potentially mis-recognize one’s identity in the context of a research interview? How might inquiry function in exploring the uncertainties of an avowed identity and contribute not to normalization but to healing and justice? To engage such questions, we specifically examine the implications of interview practices as a dangerous (and productive) site where concerns of confession entangle with the potential for avowal as a resistive participatory practice. This paper argues that the confessional interview offers a moment of advocacy and healing through the avowal of their experience occupying undocumented identities.

摘要

本文质疑访谈作为一种方法策略的作用，当用于无证青年的研究时，该策略失去了容易复制的能力。我们提出了关于对无证青年进行定性访谈的偶然性的问题——利用访谈事件作为他们治愈的空间意味着什么？在研究访谈的背景下识别或可能错误识别一个人的身份是什么意思？探究如何在探索公开身份的不确定性方面发挥作用，而不是促进正常化，而是促进治愈和正义？为了解决这些问题，我们专门研究了面试实践作为一个危险（和富有成效）的网站的含义，在这个网站上，对认罪的担忧与作为一种抗拒性参与实践的公开的可能性纠缠在一起。