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Critically analyze how positionality statements and reflexive practices operate in qualitative research and peer review, arguing against performative identity disclosures.

March 28, 2025Qualitative Health ResearchOpen Access

Positioning Positionality and Reflecting on Reflexivity: Moving From Performance to Practice

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Critically analyze how positionality statements and reflexive practices operate in qualitative research and peer review, arguing against performative identity disclosures.
Conceptual and methodological critique drawing on qualitative research practices and editorial peer-review experiences.
Evaluation of the risks and utility of standardized identity-disclosure statements compared to substantive reflexive processes.
Critiques the trend of reducing reflexivity to 'shopping list' identity disclosures, noting it risks stereotyping and exposes marginalized researchers to disproportionate harm.
Identifies that checklist-style disclosures fail to improve research transparency or adequately convey researchers' analytical influences.
Proposes alternative strategies that embed reflexivity throughout the entire research design and dissemination process rather than confining it to static statements.

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Methodological critique uncovers limitations of identity checklists in qualitative research, suggesting meaningful reflexivity over performative positionality statements.

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Sibbald et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a110d43cd70b138bf1a1aad https://doi.org/10.1177/10497323241309230

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Methodological critique uncovers limitations of identity checklists in qualitative research, suggesting meaningful reflexivity over performative positionality statements.

Positioning Positionality and Reflecting on Reflexivity: Moving From Performance to Practice

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Positioning Positionality and Reflecting on Reflexivity: Moving From Performance to Practice

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