KWALON - Volume 28, Issue 1, 2023

Abstract Introducing positionality meetings: A reflexive tool to collectively explore and discuss the power relations in situated knowledge. In this article, we introduce positionality meetings to enhance reflexivity in qualitative intercultural research projects. We aim to contribute to timely debates on positionality and reflexivity by critically discussing and comparing the experiences of three early career research Read More

Abstract The Unadjusted Fieldworker For a researcher, fieldwork is usually not only a confrontation with another world, but also with one’s own ‘unadjusted’ behavior in this world. Fieldworkers often focus their research on the way in which everyday life takes shape and meaning in societies, or are interested in everyday matters from a different angle. The lack of experiential knowledge and, sometimes, adapta Read More

Abstract Learning to see the forest for the trees and the trees for the forest: the Dutch Case Studies Project in Chaplaincy Chaplaincy/spiritual care is a young profession whose multiple and multicolored practice has so far hardly been explored and analyzed through empirical research. In our research, we have partly mapped the practice using case studies. In doing so, we made a number of methodological choices Read More