“You’re a Sociologist, I Am Too . . . ”: Seducing the Ethnographer, Disruption, and Ambiguity in Fieldwork with (Mostly) Undocumented Youth

2019 ◽  
Vol 49 (2) ◽  
pp. 257-285 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sophia Rodriguez
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Critical Ethnography ◽  
Core Concept ◽  
Undocumented Youth ◽  
Emergent Relations ◽  
Ethnographic Fieldwork ◽  
Ethnographic Studies ◽  
School Youth

The article is about a set of methodological disruptions that occur in ethnographic fieldwork and what these disruptions mean for ethnographic studies, including analysis, representation of data, and experiences of the ethnographic self. This article documents the process of a minoritized high school youth, Queen, entering the research space and the emergent relations among Queen and Latinx undocumented youth. Drawing on Jacques Derrida’s analytics, I theorize disruption as a core concept in this particular experience of engaging in fieldwork as part of a multisite critical ethnography. Presenting three frames of disruption—relating to the research space, analyses and findings, and the ethnographic self—I complicate who gets included and excluded from a study and the implications for relational ethnics in ethnographic fieldwork. Ultimately, I argue that our methodological practices and selves need to be disrupted in order to enhance our views of who/what gets included/excluded during our fieldwork.

scholarly journals Polluting pharmaceutical atmospheres: Compulsion, resistance, and symbolism of buprenorphine in Norway

2018 ◽  
Vol 36 (3) ◽  
pp. 267-285
Author(s):  
Aleksandra Bartoszko
Keyword(s):  
Social History ◽  
Opioid Substitution Treatment ◽  
Ethnographic Fieldwork ◽  
Ethnographic Studies ◽  
Counter Narrative ◽  
The Social ◽  
Institutional Forces ◽  
History Of ◽  
Insight Into ◽  
Opioid Substitution

This article offers a counter narrative to the current ethnographic studies on treatment with buprenorphine, in which notions of promised and experienced normality dominate. In some countries, introduction of buprenorphine led to a perceived “normalisation” of opioid substitution treatment, and this new modality was well received. However, in Norway the response has been almost the opposite: patients have reacted with feelings of disenfranchisement, failure, and mistrust. Based on ethnographic fieldwork in Norway, this article offers comparative insight into local experiences and subjectivities in the context of the globalisation of buprenorphine. By outlining the ethnographic description of the pharmaceutical atmosphere of forced transfers to buprenorphine-naloxone, I show that the social history of the medication is as significant as its pharmacological qualities for various treatment effects. An analysis of the reactions to this treatment modality highlights the reciprocal shaping of lived experiences and institutional forces surrounding pharmaceutical use in general and opioids in particular.

scholarly journals Gender Differences in Risk Behaviors among High School Youth

2013 ◽  
Vol 2 (5) ◽  
pp. 16-22 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sharon A. Petronella Croisant ◽  
Tabassum Haque Laz ◽  
Mahbubur Rahman ◽  
Abbey B. Berenson
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Gender Differences ◽  
Risk Behaviors ◽  
School Youth

scholarly journals A multi-method exploratory study of stress, coping, and substance use among high school youth in private schools

2015 ◽  
Vol 6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Noelle R. Leonard ◽  
Marya V. Gwadz ◽  
Amanda Ritchie ◽  
Jessica L. Linick ◽  
Charles M. Cleland ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Substance Use ◽  
Private Schools ◽  
Exploratory Study ◽  
Stress Coping ◽  
School Youth

Beyond Delinquent Citizenships: Immigrant Youth's (Re)Visions of Citizenship and Belonging in a Globalized World

2011 ◽  
Vol 81 (1) ◽  
pp. 64-95 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anne Ríos-Rojas
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Sense Of Belonging ◽  
Immigrant Youth ◽  
Public High School ◽  
Ethnographic Fieldwork ◽  
Social Landscape ◽  
Globalized World ◽  
Practical Implications

Using ethnographic fieldwork conducted in a public high school located in the greater Barcelona area, Anne Ríos-Rojas focuses on the experiences of immigrant youth as they negotiate a sense of belonging in an ever more globalized society. Ríos-Rojas pays particular attention to the multiple and at times contradictory ways in which youth maneuver within a social landscape that is flooded with confusing messages about what it means to belong (or not) in a new society. Drawing richly on their voices, she describes how these youth navigate through discourses that at times locate them as delinquents and terrorists and, at other times, as victims who require saving—but always as outsiders. She concludes with an exploration of the theoretical and practical implications of attending to youth's (re)visions of belonging and citizenship within an increasingly complex globalized world.

scholarly journals Testing the Retrospective Pretest with High School Youth in Out-of-School Time Programs

2019 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 216-229
Author(s):  
Jill Young ◽  
Leanne Kallemeyn
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Response Shift ◽  
After School ◽  
Out Of School Time ◽  
School Time ◽  
Retrospective Pretest ◽  
Youth Interviews ◽  
Response Shift Bias ◽  
School Youth ◽  
Out Of School

Practitioners and evaluators face several constraints in conducting rigorous evaluations to determine program effect. Researchers have offered the retrospective pretest/posttest design as a remedy to curb response-shift bias and better estimate program effects. This article presents an example of how After School Matters (ASM) tested the use of retrospective pretest/posttest design for evaluating out-of-school time (OST) programs for high school youth participants. Differences between traditional pretest and retrospective pretest scores were statistically significant, but effect sizes were negligible, indicating that both pretests yielded similar results. Interviews with youth led to 3 key findings that have implications for ASM using retrospective pretests with youth: response-shift bias was more prominent in youth interviews than in quantitative findings, youth recommended reordering the questions so that the retrospective pretest appears first to increase comprehension, and acquiescence bias emerged in the interviews. This study demonstrates that the retrospective pretest/posttest design can be an alternative to the traditional pretest/posttest design for OST at ASM. These findings are important for ASM and other youth-serving organizations, which often have limited capacity to survey youth multiple times within 1 program session.

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