This article aims to contribute to the literature on power dynamics and researchers’ positionality in qualitative research, by shedding light on the experiences of a minority ethnic researcher with a working-class background. Drawing on Bourdieusian concepts, it discusses how middle-class children confronted the researcher with language stigma and how they, while drawing boundaries vis-à-vis those who ‘lack’ cultural capital, (unintentionally) drew boundaries against the researcher herself. In turn, it illustrates how during interviews with working-class children, manners had to be adopted with which the researcher is no longer familiar. This article calls on ethics committees to more strongly consider how researchers might become ‘vulnerable’ themselves during fieldwork and to acknowledge intersectional experiences that potentially cause power dynamics to shift, even in research involving groups that are socially believed to have little power, such as children.

本文旨在通过阐明具有工人阶级背景的少数民族研究人员的经历，为定性研究中关于权力动态和研究人员地位的文献做出贡献。借鉴布迪厄斯的概念，它讨论了中产阶级儿童如何面对研究人员的语言污名，以及他们如何在与“缺乏”文化资本的人划清界限的同时（无意中）对研究人员自己划清界限。反过来，它说明了在与工薪阶层儿童的访谈中，必须采用研究人员不再熟悉的方式。