A significant amount of research has highlighted the different ontological and epistemological dimensions of insider and outsider research positions. In the field of education, this topic could benefit from more research. In this study, three researchers and former early childhood centre directors discussed their own research positions in a completed research project. Based on field notes from following the daily work of the centre leaders – positions the researchers formally held themselves – it is illustrated that the research affects continued to flow after the project had ended, raising new questions about how specific situations and the data had been handled. This study, a folding, unfolding and re-folding of data, highlights the ethical considerations actualised in the movements between research positions. The movements between research positions are understood as a source of tension that can produce affects, becomings and data with the ability to question given positions and established knowledge.

大量研究强调了内部人员和外部人员研究职位在本体论和认识论方面的不同方面。在教育领域，该主题可能会受益于更多的研究。在这项研究中，三位研究人员和前幼儿中心主任在一个完整的研究项目中讨论了他们自己的研究职位。根据跟踪中心领导的日常工作（研究人员正式担任的职务）的实地记录，可以说明，项目结束后，研究影响仍在继续进行，这引发了有关具体情况和数据处理方式的新问题。这项研究是对数据的折叠，展开和重新折叠，突出了研究位置之间的变动所体现的伦理考虑。