In "House for the Homeless: A place to Hang Your Hat", Ivana Nikolic begins by defining her fixed position as well as some subjective positioning. She says that she is from Bosnia and has a younger brother and parents. She explains her early childhood experience as well by describing her family's life as refugees. This helps the reader to understand where she is coming from and what her biases might be before they read the rest of her work. In Ellen Cushman's "The Struggle and the Tools", she starts by briefly describing a bunch of experiences she has had, which helps define her subjective positioning. However, she does not show her fixed positioning quite as easily. She hints at being an African American and a woman, but she never explicitly says it. Although both authors go about their positioning in different ways, overall they both do a good job of defining their positions so the reader can infer the subjectivity in their writing.
Question:
Do you think it is more effective to define your fixed position and give some subjective positioning right away or to weave it into your writing, making it more subtle?
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