Sex worker collectives in Kerala, India

This project researched collective organisations formed by sex workers in Kerala, focussing on aspects including: - Why the organisations formed - How they maintained their membership - How they were funded - Whether the workers were trained - Achievements of the organisations - Future plans of the organisation Interviewees were identified by a contact in Kerala with advisory responsibility for the sex worker collectives. The contact wrote letters to the collectives and helped the researcher identify a selection of sex workers to interview. Three of the identified sex workers were interviewed. The interviews were audiotaped and then transcribed by the researcher. Participants belonged to a vulnerable, marginalised part of Indian society. Three word document transcripts of interviews, typed up from audiotape originals. Microsoft Word for the interview transcripts. Some of the background/accompanying documentation was handwritten.

本研究针对印度喀拉拉邦（Kerala）性工作者组建的集体组织展开调研，重点围绕以下维度展开考察：该类组织的成立动因、成员维系机制、资金来源、从业者培训开展情况、组织已取得的成效以及组织未来发展规划。
受访对象由喀拉拉邦一名负责性工作者集体组织咨询事务的联络人遴选确定。该联络人致信相关集体，并协助研究者筛选出若干性工作者进行访谈，最终共有3名经筛选的性工作者参与访谈。
访谈采用录音方式记录，后续由研究者完成转录工作。受访对象均来自印度社会中处境脆弱、遭受边缘化的群体。
本数据集包含3份基于原始录音转录的访谈文本，均以Microsoft Word文档格式存储。另有部分背景及附属文档为手写形式。