Explicating positionality: a journey of dialogical and reflexive storytelling
Qualitative researchers must be aware of and explicit about their social background as well as political and ideological assumptions. To facilitate this awareness, we believe that researchers need to begin with their own story as they seek to understand the stories of others. Taking into account the...
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ftunivalbertaojs:oai:ejournals.library.ualberta.ca:article/22172 2023-05-15T16:16:13+02:00 Explicating positionality: a journey of dialogical and reflexive storytelling Carter, Celina Lapum, Jennifer L. Lavallée, Lynn F. Schindel Martin, Lori Ryerson University 2014-11-28 application/pdf http://ejournals.library.ualberta.ca/index.php/IJQM/article/view/22172 eng eng International Institute for Qualitative Methodology http://ejournals.library.ualberta.ca/index.php/IJQM/article/view/22172/17347 International Journal of Qualitative Methods; Vol 13 (2014); 362-376 1609-4069 positionality; reflexivity; narrative storytelling info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion narrative 2014 ftunivalbertaojs 2016-05-08T20:26:46Z Qualitative researchers must be aware of and explicit about their social background as well as political and ideological assumptions. To facilitate this awareness, we believe that researchers need to begin with their own story as they seek to understand the stories of others. Taking into account the vulnerable act of storytelling, it is salient to consider how to share personal narratives in an authentic way within academic settings. In this article, we share our process and reflections of engaging in reflexive and dialogical storytelling. The focus of the article is the re-storying of one researcher’s experience as she and her research team explore her emotions and positionality prior to conducting research on First Nations men’s narratives of identity. We integrate a series of methodological lessons concerning reflexivity throughout the re-storying. Article in Journal/Newspaper First Nations University of Alberta: Journal Hosting |
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positionality; reflexivity; narrative storytelling Carter, Celina Lapum, Jennifer L. Lavallée, Lynn F. Schindel Martin, Lori Explicating positionality: a journey of dialogical and reflexive storytelling |
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Qualitative researchers must be aware of and explicit about their social background as well as political and ideological assumptions. To facilitate this awareness, we believe that researchers need to begin with their own story as they seek to understand the stories of others. Taking into account the vulnerable act of storytelling, it is salient to consider how to share personal narratives in an authentic way within academic settings. In this article, we share our process and reflections of engaging in reflexive and dialogical storytelling. The focus of the article is the re-storying of one researcher’s experience as she and her research team explore her emotions and positionality prior to conducting research on First Nations men’s narratives of identity. We integrate a series of methodological lessons concerning reflexivity throughout the re-storying. |
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Carter, Celina Lapum, Jennifer L. Lavallée, Lynn F. Schindel Martin, Lori |
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Explicating positionality: a journey of dialogical and reflexive storytelling |
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Explicating positionality: a journey of dialogical and reflexive storytelling |
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explicating positionality: a journey of dialogical and reflexive storytelling |
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International Institute for Qualitative Methodology |
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2014 |
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International Journal of Qualitative Methods; Vol 13 (2014); 362-376 1609-4069 |
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