My PhD Research is Me: An Identitarian Journey as an Exiled/Returned Daughter Researching Exiled Children’s Narratives

Verónica Márquez Moreno

doi:10.21827/mistral.4.42945

My PhD Research is Me: An Identitarian Journey as an Exiled/Returned Daughter Researching Exiled Children’s Narratives

Authors

Verónica Márquez Moreno University of Edinburgh https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3549-5950

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21827/mistral.4.42945

Keywords:

Autoethnography, Bilingualism, Chile, Critical Discourse Analysis, Exiled Children, Identity

Abstract

Reconstruction of historical memory is necessary to understand and to make visible the consequence of Chile’s civil-military dictatorship (1973-1990) that has directly, indirectly, and intergenerationally affected a social community. However, what happens when the researcher is part of that social community? Is it necessary or possible to approach this topic with scientific neutrality? How do you explore your traumatic past through the eye of the other? When does exile end? This autoethnographic essay attempts to answer these questions and reflects upon them from the methodological and theoretical perspective of one of the social actors.

Published

2025-09-11

Issue

Vol. 4 No. 1 (2025): Special Issue in Memoriam Cara Levey

Section

Gender and Displacement

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