Superando la ambigüedad:métodos mixtos para el diseño de una encuesta de victimización queer

Abstract

Queer studies, starting from an approach mostly focused on literary and cultural studies, have had a sometimes complicated relation with empirical and quantitative research. Despite a trajectory of suspicion, several recent proposals have argued for the complementarity and the need for queer studies that draw from the production of empirical data, and particularly from mixed methods. This historical relation of suspicion or doubts may be made even more visible in the case of official statistics and surveys, due to a track record of oppressive practices and oblivion. Starting from this context, this article presents the case of the methodological design for a queer victimisation survey for a public administration. This design benefited from methods complementarity, particularly from exploratory interviews, to make a quantitative data tool adapt as much as possible to the needs of public administrations and social organisations. This case study is presented as an opportunity to reflect on the potential of mixed methods for developing a queer social science that builds bridges between queer studies and the production of quantitative data.