[Air-L] question

[Elizabeth Anne Watkins]

Hi Sandra,

I've always found this Tey Meadow piece very helpful:

Meadow, Tey. "Studying Each Other: On Agency, Constraint, and
Positionality in the Field." Journal of Contemporary Ethnography 42.4
(2013): 466-481.

On Fri, May 11, 2018 at 3:07 PM, Sandra Markus <sm3291 at tc.columbia.edu> wrote:
> Hello! I am a doctoral candidate at Teachers College, Columbia University.
> My dissertation looks at craft, online crafting communities, and craftivism.
> I have a great deal of familiarity with these communities, both professionally
> and personally.
> I am trying to grapple with the issue of positionality in my research. How does my
> familiarity shape my interpretation? How do you reconcile an inner status with
> trying to retain a researcher’s impartiality or distance? Or is that impossible
> to expect?
> Any insights, thoughts, helpful article would be appreciated!
>
> Sandra Markus
>  Doctoral Candidate || sm3291 at tc.columbia.edu
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