NİTEL ARAŞTIRMALARDA KONUMSALLIK VE DÜŞÜNÜMSELLİK: YAKINLIK VE MESAFE ARASI MÜZAKERE
POSITIONALITY AND REFLEXIVITY IN QUALITATIVE RESEARCH: NEGOTIATION BETWEEN RAPPORT AND DISTANCE

Summary/Abstract: Positionality is an important methodological concept in understanding the possible effects of a researcher on research. This article’s main discussion topic is the mutual interaction between the researcher’s “positionality” and “the research process”. The conditions leading to an “insider” or “outsider” research process and these conditions’ positive/negative effects on the research have been discussed in the literature. However, it is often not questioned whether a “completely insider” or “completely outsider” investigation is possible. In this article, it has been questioned whether it is possible to make a sharp distinction between these positions during the research process. Additionally, the relationality between the researcher and his/her research has been discussed. As a result, adopting positionality as “the space between” has been suggested. "Reflexivity" has also come to the fore as an important methodological attitude in order for the researchers to become aware of their positionality and control their own influence on the findings.

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