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<journal-id>1870-3569</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[CONfines de relaciones internacionales y ciencia política]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[CONfines relacion. internaci. ciencia política]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>1870-3569</issn>
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<publisher-name><![CDATA[Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey, División de Humanidades y Ciencias Sociales]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S1870-35692023000200145</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.46530/cf.vi37/cnfns.n37.p145-153</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Self-Reflexivity on Researching Difficult Topics: Lessons Learned from Interviewing Former Members of Organised Crime in Mexico]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Autorreflexión sobre la investigación de temas difíciles: lecciones aprendidas después de entrevistar a exmiembros del crimen organizado en México]]></article-title>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[García-Reyes]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Karina Guadalupe]]></given-names>
</name>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,University of the West of England  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>United Kingdom</country>
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<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2023</year>
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<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2023</year>
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<volume>19</volume>
<numero>37</numero>
<fpage>145</fpage>
<lpage>153</lpage>
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<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S1870-35692023000200145&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S1870-35692023000200145&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S1870-35692023000200145&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract. Increasing attention has been paid to the emotional effects that conducting research on difficult topics can have on researchers, yet, the literature documenting successful strategies, and more crucially, the lessons learned from researchers working on these topics is still scarce. This paper aims to narrow this gap by sharing the author&#8217;s self-reflexivity exercise about her process of researching drug trafficking violence in Mexico. The article discusses her methodological approach, describes her fieldwork experience, addresses the emotional challenges that she experienced, in particular during the transcription process, and shares the lessons learned during this process.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen. Recientemente las ciencias sociales han prestado más atención al impacto emocional que causa a los investigadores el estudio de temas difíciles. Sin embargo, todavía hay poca literatura que documente las estrategias exitosas y lecciones aprendidas por los estudiosos de estos temas durante el proceso de investigación. Este artículo busca contribuir a reducir este vacío compartiendo el ejercio de reflexión de la autora, cuyo objeto de estudio es la violencia generada por el narcotráfico en México. Se detalla su enfoque metodológico y, particularmente, los retos y emocionales que la investigadora experimentó, sobretodo durante el proceso de transcripción de entrevistas; además, comparte algunas de las lecciones que aprendió durante dicho proceso.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[researchers&#8217; emotions]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[research on difficult topics]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[life story interviews with offenders]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Mexico]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[drug trafficking violence]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[emociones de los investigadores]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[investigación sobre temas difíciles]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[historias de vida de victimarios]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[México]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[violencia del narcotráfico]]></kwd>
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