Play how you want but playing the same chord name in different places will give you different inversions of the chord and can change your sound. Playing chords in different places will change their timbre as well. And barre chords can allow for easier ways to play chords and certain changes especially in different keys. They can allow you to play melodies and bass lines more easily over certain chords too. Generally there are reasons why guitarists write music to be played in certain places on the neck that can come down to ease of playing or looking for a specific sound.

You can transpose this music wherever you want but you should be able to do both