Abstract

This article links design research in local contexts to the methodological issues of positionality and self-reflexivity. A critical examination of design’s relationship with the local context indicates a need for self-reflexive methodologies as means of addressing power imbalances in the field, deciphering prejudices, and maintaining receptivity to diverse ways of knowing and approaches to knowledge. Drawing upon the first author’s experience of fieldwork in a Turkish village, this article delves into the fluidity of positioning in the field. It self-reflexively examines the impact of the positionality of identities claimed and assigned during the research process, the relations and interactions that occurred in the field and the construction of the research text. While promoting self-reflexivity as a tool for critically engaged research, the article also addresses how design researchers in the local context might associate these methodological insights to their own studies.

摘要

本文将当地背景下的设计研究与位置性和自反性的方法论问题联系起来。对设计与当地环境关系的批判性考察表明需要自我反省的方法论来解决该领域的权力不平衡、破译偏见以及保持对不同的认识方式和知识方法的接受度。借鉴第一作者在土耳其村庄进行田野调查的经验，本文深入探讨了田野定位的流动性。它自我反思地考察了研究过程中所声称和分配的身份的位置性、该领域中发生的关系和相互作用以及研究文本的构建的影响。在促进自我反思作为批判性研究的工具的同时，