Positionality and reflexivity in qualitative research

The aim of this training session is to explore positionality, the role of the researcher and more specifically, the researcher's emotions within the process of qualitative research. Although emotions are a fundamental part of how the world is experienced, the researcher's emotional and bodily responses throughout the research process are often ignored.

Drawing on embodied and creative techniques we explore practical strategies and undertake exercises to attend to and to become more aware of our physical being and thoughts. By practising conscious noticing, we discuss our being, assumptions and beliefs and how they impact research. Delegates learn about different approaches to when and how to tend to reflexivity considerations. Finally, we consider how to translate records of personal experiences into public reflexivity statements within research reports.

The course is delivered as a mixture of interactive group tasks, discussions and lectures to enable active and experiential learning.

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