Where diversity grows: Reflections on translocational positionality and identity, difference, and belonging

Researchers have increasingly understood their positionality should be actively considered. However, these considerations usually focus on select characteristics, treat “identity” as a fixed construct, and are limited to discussions of research methodology. Returning to fieldnotes from one community that has long exemplified the phenomenon of new-destination immigration, this reflection is an exercise of rethinking my own positionality in translocational terms where context, meaning, and time were related influences on my identification with- and in-place.