Embodying self‐censorship: studying, writing and communicating

Through a study of Singaporean citizenship in the context of Singaporean transnational migration, I consider the workings of self‐censorship that I define as practices of omission arising from perceived or real sensitivities in politico‐social contexts. I suggest that researchers should be attentive to self‐censorship practices enacted by research participants and study this through a triangulation of fieldwork methods. I also reflect on possible self‐censorship practices made by researchers during the writing and communicating stages of research work. My goal is to argue that paying attention to self‐censorship enables us to make sense of and challenge the unequal power relations structuring our everyday worlds.