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The Importance of Positionality for Qualitative Researchers

Year: 2024

Type: article

Abstract: Qualitative researchers are required to be critically reflective and explain to readers their positionality on their work. This account can be relatively straightforward, but there are occasions when this process of reflection and outlining one’s positionality is much more complicated. This method-paper explains this process. It outlines, using examples of different occasions and situations, where and why such complications may arise, for example, around values and personal experiences. It concludes with further practical advice on writing the section on positionality for novice social scientists.

Source: Dhaulagiri Journal of Sociology and Anthropology

DOI: 10.3126/dsaj.v18i01.67553

Authors: Hannah Gurr, Louise Oliver, Orlanda Harvey, Madhusudan Subedi, Edwin Van Teijlingen

Institutions: Bournemouth University, Patan Academy of Health Sciences

Language: English

Topic: Qualitative Research Methods and Ethics

Subfield: Sociology and Political Science

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: diamond

OpenAlex ID: W4400211688

FWCI: 14.97

Cites: 29

Cited by: 33

Related to: 10