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Situating knowledges: positionality, reflexivities and other tactics

Rose, Gillian·1997·Progress in Human Geography
DOI 10.1191/030913297673302122
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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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  1. Butler, J., 1990, Gender trouble
  2. Madge, C., 1993, Area, 25, 294
  3. McDowell, L., 1994, Area, 26, 241
  4. Parr, H., conference on feminist methodologies
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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
DOI
10.1191/030913297673302122
OpenAlex
W2161021117
Cited by
2,390
References
38
Citations by year
2026: 130 · 2025: 127 · 2024: 119 · 2023: 131 · 2022: 134 · 2021: 157 · 2020: 176 · 2019: 145 · 2018: 107 · 2017: 102 · 2016: 110 · 2015: 120 · 2014: 129 · 2013: 114 · 2012: 94
FWCI
59.95
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
journals.sagepub.com/page/policies/text-and-data-mining-license (tdm)
Locations
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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