Situating knowledges: positionality, reflexivities and other tactics

Rose, Gillian

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“…Some of these concerns have been expressed in recent debates on the meaning and uses of reflexivity (Lather, 2007, Stanley & Wise, 1990, Wilkinson, 1988; the dynamics of diffraction (Haraway, 1997); the problems/possibilities of assuming insider/outsider positions (Watts, 2006), recognizing the situated production of knowledge (Haraway, 1991, Rose, 1997, and emphasising that knowledge is always collectively constructed (Sandoval, 2000). Nevertheless, often, these ideas have basically remained theoretical propositions not embodied in research practices.…”

Section: Theoretical Signposts Theoretical Signposts Theoretical Signmentioning

confidence: 99%

Embodying Feminist Research: Learning from Action Research, Political Practices, Diffractions, and Collective Knowledge

Zavos

Biglia

2009

Qualitative Research in Psychology

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Embodying feminist research: learning from action research, political Embodying feminist research: learning from action research, political Embodying feminist research: learning from action research, political Embodying feminist research: learning from action research, political Abstract Abstract Abstract AbstractIn the past three decades, feminists and critical theorists have discussed and argued the importance of deconstructing and problematizing social science research methodology in order to question normalized hierarchies concerning the production of knowledge and the status of truth claims. Nevertheless, often, these ideas have basically remained theoretical propositions not embodied in research practices. In fact there is very little published discussion about the difficulties and limits of their practical application. In this paper we introduce some interconnected reflections starting from two different but related experiences of embodying 'feminist activist research'. Our aim is to emphasise the importance of attending to process, making mistakes and learning during fieldwork, as well as experimenting with personalized forms of analysis, such as the construction of narratives and the story-telling process.

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Section: Theoretical Signposts Theoretical Signposts Theoretical Signmentioning

confidence: 99%

Embodying Feminist Research: Learning from Action Research, Political Practices, Diffractions, and Collective Knowledge

Zavos

Biglia

2009

Qualitative Research in Psychology

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“…In reflecting on the challenges that fieldwork poses, Rose (1997) argues that positionality is never static, but rather is constituted in response to different audiences, demands and contexts throughout research. Thus, as I became increasingly entangled in the lives of those I worked with, my position shifted, as did other people's views of me.…”

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Emotions, Encounters and Expectations: The Uncertain Ethics of 'The Field'

Darling

2014

Journal of Human Rights Practice

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Entering 'the field' can be a daunting, demanding and at times bewildering experience, with researchers negotiating a myriad of assumptions, expectations and motivations. Whilst early career researchers and doctoral students may be trained in theories of research practice, research design and ethical conduct, the realities of actually doing research often test the limits of such formal training and knowledge. In this practice note, I draw upon my experience of fieldwork in the UK working with dispersed asylum seekers and refugees in order to discuss the challenges faced in encountering 'the field'. The note discusses how ethnographic research with asylum seekers and refugees produced a series of entanglements of emotional connection and expectation, as research in practice demanded the dissolution of fixed categories of the researcher, the volunteer, the advocate and the friend. In tracing a path through the messy realities of working with asylum seekers in this way, I argue that encountering 'the field' cannot be parcelled off into distinct chunks of time, but demands a constant attentiveness to context and constant work to develop skills of listening, observing, questioning and perseverance. The note concludes by asserting the need to take seriously the ways in which fieldwork produces more than simply 'data'. Rather, fieldwork produces sensibilities and dispositions, it alters researchers and those they encounter in often unpredictable ways.

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“…Traditionally, archaeologists work on and under the ground and extrapolate 'upwards and out'; the object(s) of study is (are) the artifact, the unit, the assemblage, the site. The geographer's tradition, however, is to start more often from a detached 'god position' that uses the map or landscape as the initial object of study; interpolation occurs 'down and between' (Rose 1997). Drawing upon the work of Michel de Certeau, one could go as far as to say that archaeologists tend to create spatial stories of the ''tour'' (local everyday life as experienced in situ) while geographers create spatial stories of the ''map'' (broad complex systems as viewed cartographically or obliquely from a distance) (Certeau 1984).…”

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Historical Archaeo-Geographies of Scaled Statehood: American Federalism and Material Practices of National Prohibition in California, 1917–1933

Mosher

Wilkie

2010

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________________________________________________________________This paper discusses the ways that a more explicit engagement with the discipline of historical geography could contribute to archaeologies of the recent and contemporary past. Scholars working in this time period must consider multiple scales of connectivity between people and places through time and would benefit from political geography's recent theorizing on scale and the state. We present a preliminary case study of what we term a historical archeo-geography drawing upon archaeological materials from late nineteenth to mid-twentieth century sites to demonstrate how state and federal legislation is enacted at the household level. ________________________________________________________________Résumé: Cette étude aborde de quelles façons une participation plus affirmée pour la discipline de la géographie humaine pourrait favoriser les archéologies du passé récent et du passé contemporain. Les universitaires qui travaillent sur cette période doivent prendre en compte les niveaux multiples de relation qui existent entre les individus et les lieux à travers le temps; ils bénéficieraient de la théorisation récente sur l'échelle en matière de géographie humaine et de l'État. Nous présentons une étude de cas préliminaire de ce que nous appelons l'archéogéographie historique, en nous appuyant sur les objets archéologiques provenant de sites de la fin du XIXe siècle jusqu'au milieu du XXe siècle pour montrer comment la législation des États et de la fédération se traduisait en pratique dans les foyers. Resumen: El presente trabajo plantea la cuestió n de si un compromiso más explícito con la disciplina de la geografía humana podría ayudar en los trabajos arqueoló gicos del pasado reciente y contemporáneo. Los académicos que trabajan en este periodo de tiempo deben tener en cuenta varias escalas de conectividad entre las personas y los lugares a través del tiempo, con lo que se beneficiarían de la reciente teoría sobre geografía humana centrada en la escala y el estado. Presentamos un estudio de caso previo de lo que hemos denominado «arqueogeografía histó rica», basándonos en materiales arqueoló gicos procedentes de yacimientos de finales el siglo XIX y XX, para demostrar có mo se aprueba la legislació n estatal y federal a escala interna.

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Situating knowledges: positionality, reflexivities and other tactics

Cited by 1,646 publications

References 31 publications

Embodying Feminist Research: Learning from Action Research, Political Practices, Diffractions, and Collective Knowledge

Embodying Feminist Research: Learning from Action Research, Political Practices, Diffractions, and Collective Knowledge

Emotions, Encounters and Expectations: The Uncertain Ethics of 'The Field'

Historical Archaeo-Geographies of Scaled Statehood: American Federalism and Material Practices of National Prohibition in California, 1917–1933

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