This article will examine the status of the researcher when conducting research with Gypsy
families and Asian women. It will explore how the positioning of the researcher as an
outsider and insider can affect the research relationship and can be a useful and privileged
position from which to engage in the research process. Gender, identity and experience can
create a shared empathy and a shared understanding between the respondent and the
researcher in which trust and rapport can encourage respondents to open up and discuss …