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"Positionality involves actively engaging in reflexivity to locate or situate the researcher, and the research, in relation to the phenomenon under investigation, the research participants, the research context and process, and the researcher’s “worldview” or ontological, epistemological, and axiological assumptions, all of which are influenced by one’s social locations, intersecting identities, and experiences." (Sibbald et. al 1).
"Reflecting on, fleshing out, interrogating, and conveying your positionality relative to a research orientation is critical to ensuring the validity of your research stance. After all, no one can be 100% objective. The researcher’s beliefs, values systems, and moral stances are as fundamentally present and inseparable from the research process. " (The Weingarten Blog)
How might you go about the work of positioning yourself in your research? Where/when/why would you do this work?
How might the work of positioning differ across fields, disciplines, and contexts? How do Sibbald et al. and the Weingarten blog's arguments differ in aim and delivery?
How do Bassett and Anzaldúa do the work of positioning? How is positioning working to support their arguments? Would similar strategies be appropriate for your work? Why or why not?
Consider how your family retells major historical events (e.g March 2020, 9/11, the Challenger explosion, the moon landing, D-Day, etc.) how do their respective positions at the time of the event and at the later retelling shape the telling? How does their proximity (temporally/spatially/culturally) provide insight and credibility or obscure/discredit their accounts?
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Inspo taken from the classes of Dr. Pablo Montes and Dr. Catherine van Kessel in curriculum studies at TCU! (CVK created the worldview threat graphic above for the Canadian government!)
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