Reinventing Linguistic Ethnographic Fieldwork During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Abstract Our paper discusses the methodological implications of an ethnographic linguistic research project in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic of 2020. Starting from pertinent definitions of linguistic ethnography and interpretations of the field, we offer a demonstration of the process in which this particular participatory research project was faced with the fact that the field became unavailable and inaccessible for the non-local participants. We argue that moving the research online in this case does not mean a shift to “virtual ethnography” (Hine) or “digital ethnography” (Varis), but provides an example for the research site as an emerging construct which adds to the complexities of ethnographic research.

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Conducting Research with First Nations Communities: Lessons from a Participatory Research Project

PsycEXTRA Dataset ◽

10.1037/e628612012-262 ◽

2007 ◽

Author(s):

Heather Schmidt

Keyword(s):

First Nations ◽

Participatory Research ◽

Research Project ◽

Conducting Research

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Playing with Positionality?

10.1093/oso/9780190882969.003.0021 ◽

2018 ◽

Author(s):

Paul Kingston

Keyword(s):

Civil Society ◽

Civil War ◽

The Political ◽

Research Projects ◽

Research Project ◽

Associational Life ◽

Political Dynamics ◽

Research Site ◽

Theoretical Assumptions

The chapter outlines how researchers take on different roles and positionalities as they adapt to the field, moving, for instance, from that of an “outsider” laden with externalized theoretical assumptions and having few contacts with and knowledge of the research site to one approaching, to varying degrees, that of a “pseudo-insider.” Indeed, the argument here is that researchers make choices when moving from outsider to insider roles (and between them), contingently adapting their positionality in the hope to better understand the political dynamics that underlie research projects. The setting is post-civil war Lebanon and the research project revolves around an examination of the micropolitics of civil society and associational life in this re-emerging but fragmented polity.

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Enhancing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander young people's resilience to blood-borne and sexually transmitted infections: findings from a community-based participatory research project

Health Promotion Journal of Australia ◽

10.1071/he09195 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 20 (3) ◽

pp. 195-201 ◽

Cited By ~ 16

Author(s):

Julie Mooney-Somers ◽

Wani Erick ◽

Robert Scott ◽

Angie Akee ◽

John Kaldor ◽

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Keyword(s):

Sexually Transmitted Infections ◽

Participatory Research ◽

Torres Strait Islander ◽

Community Based Participatory Research ◽

Community Based ◽

Research Project ◽

Sexually Transmitted ◽

Torres Strait

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Social Roles in the Ethnographic Fieldwork

10.31124/advance.8080712 ◽

2019 ◽

Author(s):

Desalegn Amsalu

Keyword(s):

Qualitative Research ◽

Social Structure ◽

Research Methods ◽

Social Roles ◽

Qualitative Research Methods ◽

Ethnographic Research ◽

Research Experience ◽

Global Literature ◽

Ethnographic Fieldwork ◽

The Social

This paper investigates the concept of social roles in ethnographic fieldwork, its place in the global literature discussing qualitative research methods, and its application in the Ethiopian ethnographic fieldwork. I discuss that social roles are all about seeing one’s role and status, in this case, as researchers, in the social structure of a society or community we do the ethnographic research. Based on my own experience and the experience of other ethnographers elsewhere, I argue that a conscious use of our social roles is a <i>sin qua non</i> for successful ethnographic fieldwork. However, this concept has been given less emphasis in the literature of qualitative research methods. Social roles in the ethnographic fieldwork are especially less known in the Ethiopian ethnographic research experience. <b> </b>

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Methods of Violence: Researcher Safety and Adaptability in Times of Conflict

Practicing Anthropology ◽

10.17730/praa.33.1.ym77323r18jm80n8 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 33 (1) ◽

pp. 33-37 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Jeremy Slack ◽

Daniel Martinez ◽

Prescott Vandervoet

Keyword(s):

Undocumented Migrants ◽

Research Project ◽

Difficult Decision ◽

High Profile ◽

Research Site

During a research project on the experiences of undocumented migrants that had been apprehended and returned to Mexico, we were faced with the difficult decision regarding continuation of research following several high-profile incidents of violence near our research site. There were a variety of opinions among the researchers involved. In this article we have included three different researchers' voices and opinions. These perspectives lead us to address broader issues involved with our responsibility as researchers to document the most prominent issues affecting our research localities in a reasonable albeit methodological manner.

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Informed consent in de etnografische veldwerkpraktijk

KWALON ◽

10.5117/2014.019.002.042 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 19 (2) ◽

Author(s):

Petra Heyse

Keyword(s):

Informed Consent ◽

Empirical Evidence ◽

Macro Level ◽

Ethical Review ◽

Ethnographic Research ◽

Research Practice ◽

Saint Petersburg ◽

Ethnographic Fieldwork ◽

Deep Waters

Informed consent in ethnographic research practice. Deep waters between macro ethical regulation and micro ethical fieldwork dilemmas Informed consent in ethnographic research practice. Deep waters between macro ethical regulation and micro ethical fieldwork dilemmas Drawing on my experiences of nine months of ethnographical fieldwork in an international matchmaking agency in Saint-Petersburg (Russia), I show how the negotiation of ‘informed consent’ in practice differs from ‘informed consent’ procedures of universities’ and research funds’ ethical review boards. Evidence in my case study contributes to existing debates that question the applicability in ethnography of consent rituals that are common in (bio)medical and psychological sciences. These ‘informed consent’ protocols have been criticized to be insufficiently empirically grounded in the ethnographical fieldwork practice. My tale from the field offers empirical evidence for a further conceptual refinement of a process-based approach to consent negotiations. I both provide recommendations for an adaptation of ethical regulations on a macro level and for a more reflexive consent negotiation in the situated ethnographic fieldwork practice.

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