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Consider your positionality—how are you positioned vis-à-vis your participants? Are you an outsider coming into a community? Are you in a position of more or less power than them? How will this impact your research? How might it challenge participation and/or your ability to objectively collect and assess data? (Point to ponder: Do you think objectivity is desirable in your research? Is it possible? Why or why not?) In the Positionality Graphic Organizer (at the end of the chapter), identify two issues related to positionality and how you will address potential ethical dilemmas and logistical issues (bias, gaining trust and participants, etc.) that may arise.

(Use the worksheet at the end of the chapter to complete this problem.)