Positionality in Action and Revolutions

In this paper, I investigate three main features of the role of positionality in relation to researching revolutions. These features are: 1) positionality as multilayered and contradictory; 2) positionality as temporally shifting; and 3) positionality as involves a complex power relation with researcher’s self, the revolution as an object of study, other revolutionary actors, and dominant scholarly and disciplinary paradigms of uprisings. I present how I navigated these dimensions during my research on the Egyptian Revolution of 2011 and its aftermath. While addressing the challenges in their ongoing research journey, I will end the presentation with sharing the mistakes and the role of reflections and some of the advice in doing this research.