(MDPI, 2023) Zapata Sepúlveda, Pamela; Araneda Guirriman, Carmen; Suárez Ortega, Magdalena; Ramírez Pereira, Mirliana; Espinoza Lobos, Michelle; Universidad de Sevilla. Departamento de Métodos de Investigación y Diagnóstico en Educación; Universidad de Sevilla. SEJ467: Métodos de Investigación y Diagnóstico en Orientación
This piece brings together the experiences of four Chilean researchers and one Spanish
researcher with different professional backgrounds (psychology, sociology, nursing, and education),
who conduct qualitative inquiry from other approaches, moments, and gender-sensitive topics of
interest in the border regions of Arica and Parinacota, and Tarapacá, both in northern Chile; the
capital Santiago; and in Andalucía, southern Spain. In this paper, the authors problematize their
research experiences by focusing on their condition as academics conducting qualitative research in
the context of neoliberal higher education and with a pandemic affecting all spheres of life. Finally,
they explore what their experiences have been like in leading government-funded research projects
and representing the voices of underrepresented people in different spheres of life in the field of
education and health. Voices are shared to identify challenges and assess implications for qualitative
research in these difficult times in the academy
