REFLEXIVITY and TRUSTWORTHINESS

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• Pillow, W. (2003). Confession, catharsis, or cure? Rethinking the uses of reflexivity as methodological power in qualitative research. International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education, 16(2), 175–196. https://doi.org/10.1080/0951839032000060635

• Rose, J., & Johnson, C. W. (2020). Contextualizing reliability and validity in qualitative research: toward more rigorous and trustworthy qualitative social science in leisure research. Journal of Leisure Research, 51(4), 432–451. https://doi.org/10.1080/00222216.2020.1722042

• Shenton, A. K. (2004). Strategies for Ensuring Trustworthiness in Qualitative Research Projects. Education for Information, 22(2). 63–75. https://doi.org/10.3233/EFI-2004-22201

• Tracy, S. J. (2010). Qualitative quality: Eight “big-tent” criteria for excellent qualitative research. Qualitative Inquiry, 16(10), 837–851. https://doi.org/10.1177/1077800410383121

 

STATEMENTS OF SUBJECTIVITY

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• Shelton, S. A. (2025). Queer (ing) the bias monster and subjectivities: Shifting from confessions to reflexivity. International Review of Qualitative Research, 17(4), 546-557. https://doi.org/10.1177/19408447241245980

 

ESTABLISHING LEGITIMACY, CLAIMING MASTERY,       

• Alvesson, M., Hardy, C., & Harley, B. (2008). Reflecting on reflexivity: Reflexive textual practices in organization and management theory. The Journal of Management Studies., 45(3), 480–501. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-6486.2007.00765.x

• Gani, J. K., & Khan, R. M. (2024). Positionality statements as a function of coloniality: Interrogating reflexive methodologies. International Studies Quarterly, 68(2). https://doi.org/10.1093/isq/sqae038

• Harrison, J., MacGibbon, L., & Morton, M. (2001). Regimes of trustworthiness in qualitative research: The rigors of reciprocity. Qualitative Inquiry, 7(3), 323–345. https://doi.org/10.1177/107780040100700305

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• van Wingerden, E. (2022). Unmastering research: Positionality and intercorporeal vulnerability in international studies. International Political Sociology, 16(2). https://doi.org/10.1093/ips/olac008

 

DO YOU TRUST US YET?

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• Harris, J. L. (2021). Black on Black: The vilification of “me-search,” tenure, and the economic position of black sociologists. Journal of Economics, Race, and Policy, 4, 77–90.

• King, K. A. (2024). Promises and perils of positionality statements. Annual Review of Applied Linguistics. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0267190524000035

• Wood, L., & Kahts-Kramer, S. (2023). ‘But how will you ensure the objectivity of the researcher?’ Guidelines to address possible misconceptions about the ethical imperatives of community-based research. Research Ethics, 19(1). https://doi.org/10.1177/17470161221135882

 

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