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Situating knowledges: positionality, reflexivities and other tactics
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This article addresses the discussion, particularly prominent among feminist geographers, of reflexivity as a strategy for marking geographical knowledges as situated. It argues that, if the aim of feminist and other critical geographies is to acknowledge their partiality, then the particular form of reflexivity advocated needs careful consideration. Feminist geographers most often recommend a kind of reflexivity that aims, even if only ideally, at a full understanding of the researcher, the researched and the research context. The article begins with the author's failure at that kind of reflexivity, and that particular reflexivity is then discussed and described as ‘transparent’ in its ambitious claims to comprehensive knowledge. The article then goes on to explore critiques of transparent reflexivity, many of which have been made by feminist geographers themselves. The article concludes by suggesting that some recent discussions of the uncertainties of research practice offer another model of feminist reflexivity that may succeed more effectively in questioning the researcher's practice of knowledge production.
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- Authors
- Rose, G.
- Affiliations
- University of Edinburgh (GB)
- Corresponding author
- Rose, Gillian
- ORCID
- Rose, Gillian
- Venue
- Progress in Human Geography
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 1997-06
- Volume
- 21
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 305-320
- ISSN
- 0309-1325 (ISSN-L)
- 1477-0288
- OpenAlex
- W2161021117
- Cited by
- 2,390
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- 38
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- FWCI
- 59.95
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- journal article
- Language
- en
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- closed
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- Progress in Human Geography (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Qualitative Research Methods and Ethics
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Feminist Epistemology and Gender Studies
- Social Sciences › Geography, Planning and Development › Historical Geography and Geographical Thought
- Keywords
- reflexivity, positionality, situated knowledge, feminist geography, critical geography, researcher subjectivity, knowledge production, researcher-participant relationship
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