Positionality as a Data Point in Race Research

Increasingly, journal editors are requesting researchers to include positionality statements in submissions and publications of manuscripts. These statements are a step in the right direction to help consumers of research identify, make sense of, critique, and understand researchers’ roles in race r...

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Published inQualitative inquiry Vol. 31; no. 7; pp. 659 - 670
Main Authors Milner, H. Richard, Singer, John N., Parks, Laura, Murray, Ira, Lane-Bonds, Dena
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Los Angeles, CA SAGE Publications 01.09.2025
SAGE PUBLICATIONS, INC
Subjects
Consumers
Data points
Dissemination
Information dissemination
Positionality
Qualitative research
Race
Research methodology
Researcher subject relations
Researchers
me-search
qualitative research
race research
methodologies
positionality
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Summary:Increasingly, journal editors are requesting researchers to include positionality statements in submissions and publications of manuscripts. These statements are a step in the right direction to help consumers of research identify, make sense of, critique, and understand researchers’ roles in race research. However, we stress the need to build positionality framing throughout qualitative research methods, processes, and dissemination. We argue a need for and demonstrate how researchers might construct positionality as a data point for consumers throughout a research process as a form of “me-search” centering race—before, during, and after research.
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ISSN:1077-8004
1552-7565
DOI:10.1177/10778004241269916