Dueling Reflexivities: A Duoethnographic Exploration of the Privilege Inherent in Sharing Reflexive Considerations

Abstract

We wrote and performed this script as part of ICQI’s 2019 conference. This reader’s theatre production allowed us to share our experiences as a faculty member and student in a doctoral Introduction to Qualitative Research Course, in which a reflexivity assignment created a lot of tension and anxiety for the student who has multiple marginalized identities. We hope that by sharing this story, faculty of qualitative methods can be more aware of potential experiences faced by their students and how those experiences can affect their learning in the classroom. We have included stage directions in italics, and have designated when one of us is speaking to each other, and when we have chosen to break the fourth wall and speak directly to the audience/our readers.