A Journey Into a Researcher's Positionality on Acculturation
Intersectional Identity and Immigration Milestones
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2411929 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Riham Al-Saadi (0000-0003-0268-6678) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 24 |
| Publication date | 2025-03-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal of Qualitative Methods (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1609-4069 • E-ISSN: 1609-4069 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/16094069251329567 |
| OpenAlex | W4408721845 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 12 |
Exploring researcher's positionality is prime in conducting research, especially in attempts to explore an experience of a phenomenon. This autoethnographic paper presents the positionality of an Arab Canadian immigrant researcher who has devoted her dissertation in social work to understand the acculturation process as a phenomenon experienced by Arab immigrant emerging adults in Canada, specifically in Windsor-Essex, southern Ontario. Herein forward, the article is written from the perspective of the researcher and is using first-person voice to best situate the journey of exploration through an autoethnographic account of acculturation as a lived experience. The researcher deconstructed her lived experience with the acculturation phenomenon, while commencing critical learning about Canada's history of colonialism. This has altered her position from a resident to a settler in Canada. The article begins and ends with situating the self in the lens of immigration and refugee context, intersectional identity, as well as the experience, and how this exploration has landed the author in three milestones of her individual experience of the acculturation phenomenon. The article ends with contextualizing herself and sharing a current and future vision of exploring herself and transitioning from a resident to a settler
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| Highly cited | No |
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