Before we break for July and August, we will have one more session from our DN reading group, in which we will reflect on
researcher #positionality. DN members Leonhardt van Efferink and Jaspal Singh
will moderate our discussion, based on the article "Researcher
Positionality – A Consideration of its Influence and Place in #QualitativeResearch" by Andrew Holmes. #DiscourseStudies #DiscourseAnalysis

For more information join our reading group:
https://discourseanalysis.net/readinggroup

Argument that #OpenScience can do the job of author #positionality statements (now required by some journals) and do it better.
https://www.chronicle.com/article/ideological-signaling-has-no-role-in-research
(#paywalled)

"If we suspected the quality of [a given piece of] research, transparent #OpenData could allow other researchers of any background to thoroughly fact-check it. But the authors’ assurances that they are antiracist, intersectional feminists tell us only that they are on the 'right' team."

Reflexivity is not just for qualitative researchers:

“In this paper, we make the case for integrating reflexivity across all research approaches, before providing a ‘beginner's guide’ for quantitative researchers wishing to engage reflexively with their own work.”

Jamieson et al. (2023):

Published (shareable?) version: https://compass.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/SU2KRDNH8NGVDQ2IZYFX?target=10.1111/spc3.12735

Preprint: https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/xvrhm

@socialpsych
#OpenScience
#MetaScience
#ResearcherBias
#Reflexivity
#Quantitative
#Qualitative
#Positionality

That’s me done for the day. I spent this afternoon writing about having an invisible disability researching other people with invisible disabilities; I can’t easily hide that I am white, female, middle class and English, but I could, and often do, hide my identity as a disabled person at work. Trying to unpick this #positionality #reflexivity #qualitativeresearch #disability #identity

I spent the afternoon following up references for my #positionality and #reflexivity paper. I wanted to talk about #intersectionality as race, gender and class have all impacted on my #fieldwork, but I’m not sure there’s room. I might end up having to just talk about #gender OR #class, IDK #qualitativeresearch #criminology