Positionality Statement on Studying Male Victims of Intimate Partner Abuse in Zimbabwe: A Research Note

Autor/in	Medzani, Justice M.
Titel	Positionality Statement on Studying Male Victims of Intimate Partner Abuse in Zimbabwe: A Research Note
Quelle	In: International Journal of Social Research Methodology, 24 (2021) 3, S.387-392 (6 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Medzani, Justice M.)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1364-5579
DOI	10.1080/13645579.2020.1798682
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Males; Family Violence; Researchers; Individual Characteristics; Values; Work Experience; Age Differences; Gender Differences; Ethnicity; Identification (Psychology); Barriers; Interpersonal Relationship; Power Structure; Cultural Influences; Knowledge Level; Reflection; Zimbabwe + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Male; Männliches Geschlecht; Researcher; Forscher; Personality characteristic; Personality traits; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Wertbegriff; Employment experience; Job experience; Occupational experience; Berufserfahrung; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Geschlechterkonflikt; Ethnizität; Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung; Cultural influence; Kultureinfluss; Wissensbasis; Simbabwe
Abstract	Reflecting on one's positionality as a researcher is a critical element in qualitative studies. While there are various qualitative studies on the meaning of and the way positionality affects qualitative research practice, this research note examines the phenomenon as it applies to the author's doctoral study. Drawing from a collection of research memoirs, the research note presents the author's conceptualisation of personal positionality in the study, based on nationality, personal values, work experience, age and gender. The note details the author's multiple identity shifts throughout the study. Potential challenges and opportunities of knowing one's positionality together with the effects of positionality on the participants, the researcher as well as the research process are highlighted. It concludes that positionality among qualitative researchers is characterised by fluidity, instability and continued shifts as opposed to it being a constant form of researcher identity. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01