Browsing by Subject "Positionality"
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Item Locating Albanian otherness via the black female body : an ethnographic inquiry of (non)belonging(2011-05) West, Chelsi Amelia; Stewart, Kathleen, 1953-; Neuburger, MaryThis report is an ethnographic exploration of othering and belonging in Albania . In the past twenty years there has been a significant amount of scholarship addressing the construction of difference and collective identity in the Balkans. Much of that research has focused on processes of Orientalism, historical analyses ethnic conflict, and nationalism. The work presented here has been shaped by these discussions but is also an attempt to further deconstruct identity and nationalism vis-à-vis the ethnographic examination of belonging. Specifically, this paper addresses my positionality in the field and the ways that this positionality allows for a particular inquiry of belonging. In this report I address how my identification as a Black American female shapes my day-to-day interactions with Albanian informants, and how these encounters can be used to probe representations of what I term “Albanianess”. In doing so, I reveal the ways in which the ethnographic encounter allows for an interrogation of meaning, public intimacy, difference, and local attachments to identity.Item Research for liberation : an extension of pedagogical theory to research practice(2019-02-08) Harris, Eboneigh L.; Schallert, Diane L.As part of coursework from my first year of graduate school, I was tasked with developing a proposal for an education intervention. The central mechanism of my proposed intervention was to provide a professional development workshop to teachers. As the framework for retrospectively examining the existence of oppressive practices within my proposal, I draw on three works by Kevin Kumashiro (2004), Leslie Baxter (2005) and Fleckenstein, Spinuzzi, Rickly, and Papper (2008). As part of this examination, I also explore how metaphors are enacted in education research and the implications for using specific metaphors to position research subjects, specifically teachers, within this field. Finally, drawing from pedagogical theory, I consider how education research could be re-envisioned to be more sustainable and equitable in its relationship with participants and stakeholders.Item The thing is... : a self-reflective, artistic exploration through object assemblage(2020-09-08) Bradley, Delena Ann; Bloodgood, William; Blumenfeld, MaraDesigners in theatre practice the art of creating, curating, and assembling items on stage in collaboration on a performance to drive a narrative. We frequently think of inanimate items as evidence of human action or props in a drama driven by human actors. In this MFA thesis, I will challenge this assumption by investigating how classism has played a role in undermining the intellectual and academic study of meaning in physical objects and craft. Then I will use theories of materialism, posthumanism, sociology, and assemblage from several disciplines to develop a framework to explore and understand how I design, curate, and collage various items to tell a story. This is a study of theory through reflection on my past work and reflection in various exercises. I will describe how I learned to devise, shape, and articulate my own approach to design theory by identifying the three lenses through which I look while making work; Positionality, Object Narrative, and Assemblage.