Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Faculty Publications Article Faculty Publications -Articles Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Shrivastava, Devansh Title A name given to the resource Segregation and researcher's positionality: Challenges of conducting policy ethnography in Southern polarized settings Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 01-01-2025 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Journal of Law and Society;Volume;52;Issue;S1;pp.S224-S240 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context <a href="https://doi.org/10.1111/jols.12556" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://doi.org/10.1111/jols.12556</a> <br /><br /><a href="https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/105012894186?origin=resultslist" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/105012894186?origin=resultslist</a> Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Shrivastava D., Department of International Studies, Political Science and History, CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Bengaluru, India, Doctoral Scholar, Institute of Public Policy, National Law School of India University, Bengaluru, India Description An account of the resource Researchers conducting policy ethnography in conflict environments are faced with a valuable ethical dilemma is there an ethical standard to determine how a dataset should be pursued in the field? What if the method of pursuing data carries the potential of possibly disrupting one's rapport with the community and being perceived as a partisan ideologically driven researcher with ulterior motives? This question becomes more pronounced in socio-legal, conflict and public policy research in spatially polarized settings of the South. In these settings, knowledge is co-produced through one's own positionality and the nuances of grey areas that do not often feature in aggregated datasets. Scholarship on positionality has questioned whether scholars should explicate their position on the field by pointing towards the intentional or unintentional perpetuation of hierarchies. This paper situates itself in the positionality debate with reference to castelessness in socio-legal research through nine months of ethnographic fieldwork in a Southern spatially polarized setting. It grapples with an emerging contrasting view of whether researchers should at all engage in explicating their positionality. The paper argues that data is a socio-spatial product. It is to suggest that the production of data in conflict settings is informed by the spatial dynamics of social relations that emerge in the co-production of knowledge, and the researcher's reflexive positionality that itself impacts the outcome of data that emerges. 2025 The Author(s). Journal of Law and Society 2025 Cardiff University (CU). Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available John Wiley and Sons Inc Relation A related resource ISSN: 0263323X; Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Article Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Restricted Access; Hardcopy may be available in the library Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource online