Qualitative Open Mic: Anti-racist Qualitative Health Research - Bee Damara on theory

New series: Anti-Racist Qualitative Health Research

Welcome to QUAHRC’s new series, 'Anti-racist Qualitative Health Research'. In this series, we look at whether, how, and to what extent qualitative health research can contribute towards anti-racism and decolonisation. We take a journey through qualitative research, exploring at how theoretical framing, topic, process, results, sharing findings and impact can contribute to the cause of anti-racism.

In this episode:

Bee Damara discusses how to use anti-racist theory in qualitative health research. Bee is a researcher for the King's College London Modern Slavery Core Outcome Set project. She is an MA student at the University of Leicester in Human Rights and Global Ethics. Bee is also a course facilitator with Survivor Alliance, an organisation which connects survivors of human trafficking across the globe. She has been working with young refugees and trafficking survivors for over 10 years.  

Bee speaks about critical race theory in modern slavery and human trafficking research, discussing her experiences working on the modern slavery outcome set project at KCL. She talks about the importance of grounding research in anti-racist theories, and how acknowledging historical and global inequalities can improve the quality and relevance of findings.

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