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On Reflexivity

Salzman, Philip Carl·2002·American Anthropologist
DOI 10.1525/aa.2002.104.3.805
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The value of reflexivity has been widely accepted in anthropology during the past two decades. The concept of ref lexivity can be seen developing in the work of theorists and ethnographers of the 1960s and 1970s and was brought to flower among theorists and ethnographers of the 1980s and 1990s. But little critical analytic attention has been directed toward its claims to generate new understandings and inform about their positional foundations. However, consideration of the possibility of reliable self‐reports leads to skepticism rather than confidence. Furthermore, the underlying assumption that the unavoidable subjectivity of researchers negates any external validation of knowledge proves to be mistaken, making the question of positionality moot. [Keywords: reflexivity, postmodernism, ethnography, positionality, scientific method]

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Authors
Salzman, P. C.
Corresponding author
Salzman, Philip Carl
Venue
American Anthropologist
Publisher
Wiley
Published
2002-09
Volume
104
Issue
3
Pages
805-811
ISSN
  • 0002-7294 (ISSN-L)
  • 1548-1433
DOI
10.1525/aa.2002.104.3.805
OpenAlex
W4234399719
Cited by
136
References
28
Citations by year
2026: 7 · 2025: 14 · 2024: 9 · 2023: 12 · 2022: 8 · 2021: 13 · 2020: 8 · 2019: 11 · 2018: 4 · 2017: 6 · 2016: 8 · 2014: 4 · 2013: 5 · 2012: 5
FWCI
5.20
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor (vor, 1954 d)
Locations
American Anthropologist (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Qualitative Research Methods and Ethics
  • Social Sciences › Anthropology › Anthropology: Ethics, History, Culture
  • Social Sciences › Anthropology › Anthropological Studies and Insights
Keywords
reflexivity, positionality, postmodernism, ethnography, researcher subjectivity, self-report reliability, scientific method, epistemology of anthropology

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