Temporal contextuality of agentic intersectional positionalities: nuancing power relations in the ethnography of minority migrant women

Researchers’ reflexivity usually focuses on the spatiality and sociality of their ethnographic fieldwork. As a result, the temporal context of their positionality, whereby their various identities interact with one another at different research phases, is often overlooked. This paper adopts an agentic intersectional approach and draws from our separate studies of Thai migrant women in Belgium and Hong Kong to unpack the temporality of the power dynamics between study participants and us (the researchers). Through this reflexive exercise, we identify three salient aspects: first, different iden... Mehr ...

Verfasser: Fresnoza-Flot, Asuncion
Cheung, Herbary
Dokumenttyp: Artikel
Erscheinungsdatum: 2023
Schlagwörter: Sciences sociales / Sociologie / Anthropologie culturelle et sociale / Etudes-femmes / reflexivity / agentic intersectionality / temporal contextuality / positionality / power relations / ethnography / Thai migrant women / Belgium / Hong Kong
Sprache: Englisch
Permalink: https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-28945405
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Link(s) : http://hdl.handle.net/2013/ULB-DIPOT:oai:dipot.ulb.ac.be:2013/359632

Researchers’ reflexivity usually focuses on the spatiality and sociality of their ethnographic fieldwork. As a result, the temporal context of their positionality, whereby their various identities interact with one another at different research phases, is often overlooked. This paper adopts an agentic intersectional approach and draws from our separate studies of Thai migrant women in Belgium and Hong Kong to unpack the temporality of the power dynamics between study participants and us (the researchers). Through this reflexive exercise, we identify three salient aspects: first, different identities of the researchers intersect at each phase of the study; second, researchers are dependent on gatekeepers and study participants, notably during the data-gathering phase; and third, the changing researcher–participant dynamics throughout the research process are embedded in broader relations of power that encompass social institutions and migrant/ethnic networks. Hence, researchers’ self-discipline and constant awareness of positionality are of utmost importance for achieving well-situated knowledge (re)production. ; info:eu-repo/semantics/published