Three participatory geographers: reflections on positionality and working with participants in researching religions, spiritualities, and faith

dc.check.date2021-09-03
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dc.contributor.authorDenning, Stephanie
dc.contributor.authorScriven, Richard
dc.contributor.authorSlatter, Ruth
dc.contributor.funderEconomic and Social Research Councilen
dc.contributor.funderIrish Research Councilen
dc.contributor.funderWolfson Foundationen
dc.contributor.funderUniversity College Londonen
dc.date.accessioned2020-10-19T11:46:27Z
dc.date.available2020-10-19T11:46:27Z
dc.date.issued2020-09-03
dc.date.updated2020-10-19T11:32:05Z
dc.description.abstractThis paper advances the geographies of religion, spirituality and faith’s limited attention to positionality by discussing the critical issues raised when using participatory approaches. Reflecting on three cases of participatory research, we foreground the dynamics of being a researcher with faith when working with participants from faith communities. Advocating participatory approaches as valuable methodologies that should be used more extensively to explore beliefs, faith practices, and social justice, we argue that greater attention needs to be given to the positionality of researchers undertaking this sort of research. Our cases raise three themes for discussion. First, the variety of ways in which faith positionalities influence how research is developed, conducted and concluded. Second, the intersections between our faith and other positionalities and how they shape our roles and relationships with research participants. Third, the fluid and multifaceted nature of faith positionalities and how they are changed, emphasized, and softened through the dynamics and entanglements of fieldwork. In doing so, we reflect on the complexities of being a researcher with faith, argue that faith positionality is a helpful dimension of their research rather than a limitation, and that all cultural, social and historical geographical researchers should reflect on their faith positionality.en
dc.description.sponsorshipEconomic and Social Research Council (award number GEOG.SC3315); University College London (UCL’s Train and Engage Fund)en
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden
dc.description.versionAccepted Versionen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.citationDenning, S., Scriven, R. and Slatter, R. (2020) 'Three participatory geographers: reflections on positionality and working with participants in researching religions, spiritualities, and faith', Social & Cultural Geography, (19 pp). doi: 10.1080/14649365.2020.1815826en
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/14649365.2020.1815826en
dc.identifier.endpage19en
dc.identifier.issn1464-9365
dc.identifier.journaltitleSocial and Cultural Geographyen
dc.identifier.startpage1en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10468/10664
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherTaylor and Francisen
dc.relation.urihttps://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14649365.2020.1815826
dc.rights© 2020 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Social & Cultural Geography on 03 Sep 2020, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/14649365.2020.1815826en
dc.subjectFaithen
dc.subjectGeographies of religionen
dc.subjectParticipatory geographiesen
dc.subjectPositionalityen
dc.subjectResearchers with faithen
dc.subjectSpiritualityen
dc.titleThree participatory geographers: reflections on positionality and working with participants in researching religions, spiritualities, and faithen
dc.typeArticle (peer-reviewed)en
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