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Bukola Oladimeji1, Danielle Macdonald, Pilar Camargo-Plazas
1Author Affiliations: School of Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, Queen's University, Kingston, ON, Canada.
Abstract:
Secondary trauma (ST) refers to the impact of emotional engagement with narratives from individuals who have experienced trauma. Racialized researchers experience heightened risks of ST which arises from empathetic engagement, resonance with participants' traumatic narratives, and systemic inequities compounded by their positionality. Grounded in critical hermeneutics, trauma theory, and intersectionality, we argue that ST should be framed as an epistemological, methodological, and ethical concern for racialized researchers with implications for researcher protection and methodological rigour. ST in racialized researchers necessitates a reconceptualization that broadens its implications from individual accountability to encompass institutional responsibility, epistemic justice, and collective healing.
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