“Reflecting on My Positionality as a Multilingual Researcher” – Dr Chisato Danjo

one’s position as a researcher and the way this position is perceived by participants has a great influence on almost all aspects of the research…

– Dr Chisato Danjo (106)

In this chapter of Professor Jean Conteh’s book, Dr Chisato Danjo evaluates her role as a researcher who participated in the data collection of one of her studies. She elucidates her own understanding of this positionality, but also her participants’ understanding of this positionality as well as explaining theoretical contexts key to her analysis.

Conteh’s book will be invaluable for student teachers and help to bring credibility to ethnographic work.

– Alan Benson, London Metropolitan University

Dr Danjo’s chapter in Researching Education for Social Justice in Multilingual Settings: Ethnographic Principles in Qualitative Research can be read here.