Abstract

How are we perceived when we participate in far-right events? What is our stance when antifascism responds actively? What are our emotional and physical responses when a confrontation between antagonist forces emerges? In social sciences, there is a long tradition of reflection on the researcher’s relationship with informants and the field of study. However, when critical and progressive researchers conduct fieldwork in the far-right, their political and academic subjectivities might clash. In this confrontation, different ethical dilemmas arise that academic reflexivity based on positionality fails to capture. Focusing on the somatic and emotional effects of the research, this article seeks a methodological and ethical reflection through three specific experiences encountered during fieldwork within the far-right political party Vox. This article questions the consequences of researchers’ subjectivities and the effects on our personal lives.