4 Faith and Researcher Positionality: Researching with Dalit Muslim Women in India during COVID-19

Rebecca Shah; Laila Khan

Open Access Published by Bristol University Press 2023

4 Faith and Researcher Positionality: Researching with Dalit Muslim Women in India during COVID-19

From the book Using Participatory Methods to Explore Freedom of Religion and Belief

Rebecca Shah and Laila Khan

https://doi.org/10.56687/9781529229295-006

Abstract

This chapter examines the experience of employing participatory methods with a group of Dalit Muslim women in Bangalore from the perspective of the facilitator, Laila Khan, and reflects on how these methods might contribute to the generation of knowledge about the intersecting vulnerabilities of minorities. Such vulnerabilities include restrictions on the freedom of religion or belief (FoRB) imposed on the poor in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. Laila Khan and Fatima Qureshi, two Muslim teachers from the local school, served as facilitators for two participatory research exercises: the ‘River of Life’ drawing exercise and the ‘participant ranking’ exercise. Five Dalit Muslim women were invited to talk about living through the pandemic.

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DalitMuslimwomenintersecting vulnerabilitiesCOVID-19faithreligionIndia© Editorial selection, editorial matter and Chapters 1 and 14 © Jo Howard and Mariz Tadros Other individual chapters © Bristol University Press

4 Faith and Researcher Positionality: Researching with Dalit Muslim Women in India during COVID-19

From the book Using Participatory Methods to Explore Freedom of Religion and Belief

Abstract

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