WOKÓŁ KATEGORII VULNERABILITY. NA PRZYKŁADZIE PODATNOŚCI BADACZY NA ZRANIENIE
EXPLORING VULNERABILITY AS A CATEGORY. RESEARCHERS' SUSCEPTIBILITY TO HARM AS AN EXAMPLE

Summary/Abstract: The category of "vulnerability" appears increasingly often in the works of Polish researchers, but is translated and interpreted in a variety of ways. Some use the Polish-ised version of the English word, "wulnerabilność", others the neologism "ranliwość" [a "tendency to get hurt" -- translator's note], others still write about susceptibility to injury, hurt, whereas there are some who leave the category under the original, English-language name. The author therefore argues that the problematization of this concept is important, revealing in what contexts and meanings it functions. The category of vulnerability is examined in relation to researchers, taking particular account of qualitative researchers. In methodological discourse, it is rare for attention to be turned to researchers and therefore to their susceptibility to getting hurt, which compels them to search for their own strategies of coping with a particularly demanding field of research, including vicarious trauma. This constitutes the author's chief object of interest, although she realizes that vulnerability as an area reaches far beyond psychological aspects.

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