Positionality Statement
Positionality Statement
Positionality Statement
class cismale. I identify as male with masculine and feminine gender traits. Growing up, Spanish
was the primary language I spoke. My parents know some English but are not too fluent in it. My
older sister who is four years older, was being exposed to English in school and started talking to
I have lived in rural out of the way pockets of the central valley. These were and are very
small country townships which have a majority minority population. These small areas have
been my playground, and classroom. My upbringing in these rural settings have influenced the
with, I concluded that I relate to several. I associate myself with the critical/cultural blended
paradigm which Guido et. al., (2010) illustrate by stating that Blended paradigms are often
concrete evidence of multiple perspectives, realities and unmet needs. I feel that I can apply this
paradigm to my own worldview because I push back on the power inequities that I see in society
and have faced myself. I also use this blended paradigm because an individual’s culture also is so
tied to the way a person interacts with society at large, and how society interacts with us.
within this paradigm is emergent, contextual, personal, socially constructed, and interactive.
Guido et. al., (2010) I feel that it is our lived experiences which provide us with knowledge and
diverse multiple perspectives. I think you know what you know by experiences, making mistakes
and learning from them. Knowledge is fluid and flowing. We continue to learn as we grow. ,
Jones et. al., (2014) state, Obviously one’s worldview can be altered as one matures from life
experiences, but it also can house consistent values and concepts. It shapes one’s philosophical
grounding.
But for other views, I feel that I am a positivist. I think this way because these are the
Capital T truths which factual and science-based. I believe that there are things which are
undeniably known. For example, the Earth revolves around the sun, gravity will make objects
fall. In this sense, I feel I am also a bit of a positivist when it comes to the way I feel that things
are this way because science has proved it to be so.For some individuals, their capital T truth is
that Covid isn’t real. (It is). Since this is their belief, it makes it true to them. Lowercase t truth is
general experiences that students from my background will face. Although my experiences are
centered at the context I experienced them, the setting will be similar within a collegiate
environment. Being in their shoes I can relate to what it feels like to be a first gen student, how it
was growing up in rural communities and being the first student in a family to continue to
college. I will feel empathetic towards their needs and obstacles that will be faced. I feel that my
identities inform the work I intend to engage in by providing that link to students. However, the
students I will be working with will have their own experiences to share in relation to their
college track.
I know in regards to research, coming from similar areas of residence and the same ethnic
group can provide me some insider information in relation to cultural ideals, but even though I
might share similarities I can’t presume to know their own life stories. Students will have their
unique experiences that make them who they are. Moving forward, any future research
qualitative in nature. I will want to see how the data gathered from research subjects has had an
impact on their lived experiences to show what are the capital T truths and lowercase t truths