TY - JOUR
T1 - Straddling “the line” as a Health Communication Scholar
T2 - Reflexive Privilege and Positionality in International Contexts
AU - Walker, Taylor
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - In this essay, I offer an equatorial metaphor as a lens for reflexivity about positionality and privilege in field-based research. I draw on my experiences traveling and working with an international research team to reflect on my varying roles as a participant and observer. The lens of an equatorial metaphor reveals the blurred, sometimes collapsed, and ever-shifting line between insider and outsider. Reflexivity is vital, particularly in international contexts where work across differences is informed by embodied identities like race, gender, and sexuality.
AB - In this essay, I offer an equatorial metaphor as a lens for reflexivity about positionality and privilege in field-based research. I draw on my experiences traveling and working with an international research team to reflect on my varying roles as a participant and observer. The lens of an equatorial metaphor reveals the blurred, sometimes collapsed, and ever-shifting line between insider and outsider. Reflexivity is vital, particularly in international contexts where work across differences is informed by embodied identities like race, gender, and sexuality.
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U2 - 10.1080/10410236.2020.1712530
DO - 10.1080/10410236.2020.1712530
M3 - Article
C2 - 31931624
AN - SCOPUS:85078583727
SN - 1041-0236
VL - 36
SP - 826
EP - 828
JO - Health Communication
JF - Health Communication
IS - 7
ER -