Citation

Davies J. J. Soc. Work Res. Eval. 2004; 5(2): 149-167.

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(Copyright © 2004, Springer Publishing)

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Abstract

This article seeks to investigate the various aspects of cultural mediation and to examine which applications of cultural mediation offer the most equitable forms of research engagement with sex work migrants, including those sex work migrants who might be considered "trafficked" women. The article also seeks to examine a model of engagement that goes beyond the most common forms of institutional and didactic cultural mediation, a method that offers a dialogical model of engagement as an action research method. Through shared identities and advocacy, this methodology seeks to develop organizational capacity among migrant sex workers, including those who might be considered trafficked, and it is intended to help them to renegotiate the terms of engagement and involvement with service providers and others. As an action research method, it seeks the emancipation of sex work migrants, including those who are in trafficking harm, and refuses to subject them to further objectification, while allowing the acquisition of qualitatively rich data. The article also briefly considers the phenomenon of reverse trafficking, which occurs when objectified women are compelled or cajoled to return to oppressive environments by various institutional actors.


Keywords: Human trafficking

Language: en