Feminist methodology as it has developed over the past thirty years offers a critical response to conventional research, which is seen by some to carry the risk of exploiting participants. Although feminist researchers have envisioned more self-conscious and accountable ways of doing research, many acknowledge the potential for abuse inherent in researching other and/or othered people’s lives. This is particularly true for feminists researching groups less powerful than those to which they belong (Brown and Strega 2005). In this chapter, I draw on critical feminist theories of the body (Fausto-Sterling 2000; Grosz 1994), feminist disability studies (Garland-Thomson 1997; Shildrick 1997, 2002), and postconventional and postcolonial research methodologies (Hesse-Biber 2007; Naples 2003; Rice 2009) to consider ethical dilemmas in critical research focused on women’s accounts of embodiment.

Rice, C. (2018). Volatile bodies and vulnerable researchers: Ethical risks of embodiment research. In Y-L. R. Wong, & S. Batacharya (Eds.), Sharing breath: Embodied learning and decolonization (pp. 135–160). AU Press.