Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2017

Publication Title

Journal of Qualitative Inquiry

Volume

3

Issue

2

Pages

299-328

Abstract

Drawing on the notion of reflexivity, I examine researcher positionality concerning the issues of language and tensions in navigating perceived insider/outsider positioning, and advocacy dilemmas that I experienced in ethnographic qualitative research with plurilingual Asian im/migrant students in South Korea and in the U.S. Through reflexive analysis of my ethnographic fieldwork, I studied about my researcher’s positionality and voice during and after research and highlighted the partial, situated, and subjective nature of knowledge production through qualitative research. My view is that qualitative researchers should critically reflect on their social location and power relations interlinked with their analysis and positionality, and articulate how that may affect their research.

ORCID

0000-0001-5733-435X

Original Publication Citation

Maddamsetti, J. K. (2017). Issues of language, insider/outsider positionality, and advocacy dilemmas in researching plurilingual Asian im/migrants. Journal of Qualitative Inquiry, 3(2), 299-328.

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