Positioning theory and interactional ethnography: Complementary approaches to examining positions and positioning processes
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2025
Department/School
English Language and Literature
Publication Title
The Routledge International Handbook of Positioning Theory
Abstract
This chapter foregrounds mutual affordances of Positioning Theory (PT) and interactional ethnography (IE), including how educational researchers can explore these theory-epistemological relationships through micro-meso-macro levels of analysis. We unfold a (re)construction of Baker’s and colleagues’ iterative, recursive, abductive, and reflexive logics-in-use from previous studies of how a teacher and students engaged as studio artists in an advanced placement studio art class. By graphically (re)constructing and (re)presenting selected levels and angles of analyses, we make transparent IE as an interpretive approach to studying sociocultural positioning processes in and across, times, events, and cycles of developing opportunities for learning in educational contexts.
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Recommended Citation
Baker, W. D., Machtmes, K., & Green, J. (2025). Positioning theory and interactional ethnography: Complementary approaches to examining positions and positioning processes. In M. B. McVee, L. Van Langenhove, C. H. Brock, & Bo. A. Christensen (Eds.), The Routledge international handbook of positioning theory. Routledge.
Comments
W. D. Baker is a faculty member in EMU's Department of English Language and Literature.