Positionality refers to one's role in an organization and it can have important practical and ethical impacts on data collection.
Insider w/collaboration (work or volunteer with the organization).
Outsider, collaboration w/ insiders (no affiliation, but working with stakeholders within the organization).
Remind your peers of your topic and where you hope to collect your data. Define your role, position, and how positionality with regard to that organization may impact your research study.
Response Guidelines
In your response to one colleague, suggest any possible ethical or practical issues that could arise because of his or her role in the agency or connection to the data.
*Note: Topic of writer
A New Model for Understanding Command and Control during Incident Management and the shortfalls of Communication.
*Organization Military and Emergency Management Agency