Applying body mapping to research with marginalised and vulnerable groups

This chapter draws on a conversational style in which we reflect on a series of questions about our respective use of body mapping in research with marginalised and vulnerable populations. They included young people experiencing psychosis, with individuals impacted by intellectual/cognitive disability, and with Aboriginal young people about their sexuality and sexual risk. We ask ourselves why we selected body mapping for research with the groups we were working with, why partnerships were so integral to the work, the ways in which body mapping processes contributed to the explanations of complexity and intersectionality, and its effectiveness in revealing ‘hidden stories’. We conclude with the identification of our greatest challenges in using body mapping.