s Declaration of positionality and the confession of privilege as a way of revealing unequal power dynamics in knowledge production has become an increasingly encouraged reflexive practice in international relations and other disciplines. However, we interrogate the potentially negative implications of this methodology, occurring through a reification of material, assumed, and imagined hierarchies between people, which then is advertised and (re)produced by its utterance. We further query the modernist origins of reflexive methodology, which has inspired the practice of declaring positionality, and argue that its underpinning coloniality has bearings for its use today. We then explore how this coloniality manifests: Thus, first, we consider the extent to which publicly acknowledging privilege paradoxically acts as a means of centering whiteness through the narcissistic gaze and an assertion of legitimacy. Second, we argue positionality statements offer a redemption of guilt for the hegemonic researcher. And lastly, rather than ameliorating unequal power dynamics in the production of knowledge, we contend positionality statements may constitute hidden power moves in which one is able to signal and reinstate one’s authority vis-à-vis people, but especially women, of color. We end with a call for a reparative scholarship that acknowledges these limitations in positionality statements.

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作为殖民性功能的立场陈述：质疑反思性方法论

立场声明和特权承认作为揭示知识生产中不平等权力动态的一种方式，已成为国际关系和其他学科中日益受到鼓励的反思性实践。然而，我们质疑这种方法论的潜在负面影响，这种影响是通过人与人之间物质、假设和想象的等级制度的具体化而发生的，然后通过其话语进行宣传和（重新）生产。我们进一步质疑反身方法论的现代主义起源，它激发了宣告位置性的实践，并认为其基础的殖民性对其今天的使用具有影响。然后，我们探讨这种殖民性是如何表现的：因此，首先，我们考虑公开承认特权在多大程度上自相矛盾地充当了通过自恋的目光和合法性主张来集中白人的手段。其次，我们认为立场陈述为霸权研究人员提供了一种赎罪感。最后，我们认为立场陈述可能构成隐藏的权力举动，而不是改善知识生产中不平等的权力动态，在这种举动中，一个人能够发出信号并恢复自己对有色人种，尤其是女性的权威。最后，我们呼吁提供修复性奖学金，承认立场声明中的这些局限性。