Once you have completed the above, consider:

• How many factors do you have as an individual that are the same as or different from the dominant identities? What factors can't be shifted or changed?
• In what ways might your identities influence how you approach research, including how you view the world and work with others?
• How can you be mindful of and address these potential influences?

If you do this activity with a group, people might complete their Power Flowers individually, report on identities they chose and participate in general discussion about the role and influence of identities.

Our social identities/locations have particular implications for inviting and working with research participants. This will be discussed in later chapters.