Reflexivity through "Positionality Meetings": Religion, Muslims and 'Non-Religious' Researchers

Autor/inn/en	Kapinga, Laura; Huizinga, Rik; Shaker, Reza
Titel	Reflexivity through "Positionality Meetings": Religion, Muslims and 'Non-Religious' Researchers
Quelle	In: International Journal of Social Research Methodology, 25 (2022) 1, S.103-117 (15 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Kapinga, Laura) ORCID (Huizinga, Rik) ORCID (Shaker, Reza)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1364-5579
DOI	10.1080/13645579.2020.1853876
Schlagwörter	Muslims; Religion; Religious Factors; Comparative Analysis; Social Attitudes; Interdisciplinary Approach; Researchers; Philosophy; Interpersonal Relationship; Perspective Taking; Self Concept; Biographies; Meetings; Political Attitudes; Foreign Countries; Islam; Netherlands + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Muslim; Muslimin; Social attidude; Soziale Einstellung; Fächerübergreifender Unterricht; Fächerverbindender Unterricht; Interdisziplinarität; Researcher; Forscher; Philosophie; Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung; Zukunftsperspektive; Selbstkonzept; Biography; Biografie; Biographie; Meeting; Tagung; Political attitude; Politische Einstellung; Ausland; Niederlande
Abstract	This paper contributes to current debates on positionality by critically discussing and comparing three researchers' experiences doing research involving Muslims. We introduce "positionality meetings" to enhance reflexivity in qualitative research projects. Based on empirical evidence from our independent projects and the positionality meetings, this paper illustrates how efforts to understanding each other's perspectives and positions, which differ in identities and biographies, challenge our accounts of self-reflexivity. Due to their deliberative character, positionality meetings reveal new and sometimes uncomfortable insights into, for instance, insider and outsider relationships and our attitudes towards religion as a research subject in a particular political context. The paper highlights several stages of the meetings to demonstrate the deliberative practice's value throughout the collective reflexive process. Serving to an interdisciplinary audience, we encourage qualitative researchers to engage in positionality meetings. Therefore, we conclude this paper by providing recommendations on how to organise such meetings. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Routledge. Available from: Taylor & Francis, Ltd. 530 Walnut Street Suite 850, Philadelphia, PA 19106. Tel: 800-354-1420; Tel: 215-625-8900; Fax: 215-207-0050; Web site: http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01