From Fried Egg to Mashed Potato and Lentils: Navigating Positionalities in Ethnographic Research in a Global South Context

Autor/in	Rahman, Md Shajedur
Titel	From Fried Egg to Mashed Potato and Lentils: Navigating Positionalities in Ethnographic Research in a Global South Context
Quelle	In: International Journal of Research & Method in Education, 46 (2023) 4, S.408-420 (13 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Rahman, Md Shajedur)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1743-727X
DOI	10.1080/1743727X.2023.2182876
Schlagwörter	Ethnography; Researchers; Interpersonal Relationship; Rural Areas; Reflection; Food; Foreign Countries; Cooperation; Rural Schools; Social Influences; Bangladesh + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ethnografie; Researcher; Forscher; Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung; Rural area; Ländlicher Raum; Lebensmittel; Ausland; Co-operation; Kooperation; Rural areas; School; Schools; Schule; Schulen; Sozialer Einfluss; Bangladesch
Abstract	The current debates in the area of researchers' positionalities criticize the notion of the 'insider/outsider' dichotomy and favour the idea of a fluid inbetweener position. However, these narratives foreground researchers' perspectives and often ignore participants' agency in constructing a researcher's positionality in the field. In this paper, as an early career researcher, I analyze my journey with my own positionalities in ethnographic research in a rural community in Bangladesh. Adopting a Critical Realist ontological standpoint, I argue that positionalities are co-constructed by researcher and participant and are products of complex interactions between their agencies and the social structure. I illustrate how reflexivity, taking both my and the participants' views into account, facilitated my movement towards a position where the participants expose their habitual behaviour (not hesitating to offer their day-to-day food -- mash potato) rather than providing superficial information (as they do to a guest, for whom they will at least fry an egg -- a special arrangement -- for dinner). (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01