A Note on (Dis)Appearances: Authorial presence and reflexivity in Scenario research articles 2014-2023

Silja Weber

doi:10.33178/scenario.19.2.7

Authors

Silja Weber

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.33178/scenario.19.2.7

Keywords:

Authorial presence, reflexivity, scientific writing, performative pedagogy, research ethics

Abstract

This is not a study, but a research note on academic writing practices in our field, whose purpose it is to serve as a foundation for discussion. It provides a brief introduction into researcher reflexivity, my own positioning towards the topic, and a numerical thematic overview of authorial presence (pronouns, third-person terms, and their semantic functions) in data-based research articles published in the Scenario journal over the last ten years. I do not draw conclusions, but from the angle of researcher reflexivity, I submit questions with respect to clarity of premises and ethics, for possible consideration by future authors in our field.

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