some notes on reflexivity from kim etherington

-Reflexivity requires self-awareness but is more than self-awareness in that it creates a dynamic process of interaction within and between our selves and our participants, and the data that inform decisions, actions and interpretations at all stages of research.
-Reflexivity challenges us to be more fully conscious of our own ideology, culture, and politics and that of our participants and our audience.
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Reflexivity in research conversations and writing creates transparency and addresses the ethical issues and power relations between researcher and researched.
Reflexivity enables us to provide information on what is known as well as how it is known.