Agency and Agendas: Revisiting the Roles of the Researcher and the Researched in Ethnographic Fieldwork

1969 ◽  
Vol 59 (1) ◽  
pp. 145-156 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rhiannon Mosher ◽  
Jennifer Long ◽  
Elisabeth Le ◽  
Lauren Harding
Keyword(s):  
Ethnographic Research ◽  
Research Experiences ◽  
Collaborative Project ◽  
Ethnographic Fieldwork ◽  
Ethnographic Approach ◽  
The Future ◽  
The Ideal

Drawing on the authors' research experiences, and using Anna Tsing's (2005) concept of “friction,” this article considers how ethnographic research is an essentially collaborative project. Ethnographic knowledge is generated by researchers and their (intended) participants – our agencies and agendas – come together to co-create a field of research. We argue that how these contextually embedded agendas align, differ, and/or diverge deeply shapes ethnographic knowledge. We also consider the effects of ethnographic legacies: of past ethnographers on their contemporaries; of the ideal, “slow” ethnographic approach for researchers working outside of academia; and of the future afterlives of our own work.

scholarly journals The ‘problem’ of undesigned relationality: Ethnographic fieldwork, dual roles and research ethics

Ethnography ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 8-26 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kirsten Bell
Keyword(s):  
Research Ethics ◽  
Unique Feature ◽  
Ethical Issues ◽  
Dual Role ◽  
Ethnographic Research ◽  
Multiple Forms ◽  
Dual Roles ◽  
Ethnographic Fieldwork ◽  
Procedural Ethics ◽  
The Ideal

Perhaps the most unique feature of ethnographic fieldwork is the distinctive form of relationality it entails, where the ethnographer's identity as a researcher is not fixed in the way typical of most other forms of research. In this paper, I explore how this ‘undesigned relationality’ is understood, both in procedural ethics frameworks and by the different disciplines that have come to claim a stake in the ‘method’ itself. Demonstrating that the ethical issues it entails are primarily conceptualized via the lens of the ‘dual role’, I use this as a means of exploring the ideal relationship between researcher and subject that procedural ethics frameworks are premised upon. I go on to explore the epistemological differences in ways that ethnographers themselves understand and respond to the multiple forms of relationality that characterize fieldwork and the challenge this poses to the possibility of a pan-disciplinary consensus on ethnographic research ethics.

Why Choose Cardiothoracic Surgery as a Career?

2011 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 142 ◽  
Author(s):  
Raja R. Gopaldas ◽  
Faisal G. Bakaeen ◽  
Danny Chu ◽  
Joseph S. Coselli ◽  
Denton A. Cooley
Keyword(s):  
Technological Progress ◽  
Artery Bypass ◽  
Cardiothoracic Surgery ◽  
Faculty Members ◽  
New Graduates ◽  
The Future ◽  
Cardiac Surgeon ◽  
The Right ◽  
Cardiac Surgeons ◽  
The Ideal

The future of cardiothoracic surgery faces a lofty challenge with the advancement of percutaneous technology and minimally invasive approaches. Coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) surgery, once a lucrative operation and the driving force of our specialty, faces challenges with competitive stenting and poor reimbursements, contributing to a drop in applicants to our specialty that is further fueled by the negative information that members of other specialties impart to trainees. In the current era of explosive technological progress, the great diversity of our field should be viewed as a source of excitement, rather than confusion, for the upcoming generation. The ideal future cardiac surgeon must be a "surgeon-innovator," a reincarnation of the pioneering cardiac surgeons of the "golden age" of medicine. Equipped with the right skills, new graduates will land high-quality jobs that will help them to mature and excel. Mentorship is a key component at all stages of cardiothoracic training and career development. We review the main challenges facing our specialty�length of training, long hours, financial hardship, and uncertainty about the future, mentorship, and jobs�and we present individual perspectives from both residents and faculty members.

What is Ethnography? Teaching ethnographic sensibilities without fieldwork

Journal ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 4 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carole McGranahan
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Methods ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Ethnographic Research ◽  
Cultural Group ◽  
Pedagogical Strategies ◽  
Ethnographic Approach ◽  
Learn By Doing ◽  
Do So

How do we teach undergraduate students to think ethnographically, to recognize something as ethnographic and not just as qualitative? Importantly, how do we do so not in the field, where students might learn by doing their own research, but in the static classroom? One approach is to have students cultivate a concept, awareness, and practice of an ethnographic sensibility, that is, of a sense of the ethnographic as the lived expectations, complexities, contradictions, possibilities, and ground of any given cultural group. Such a view opens up an understanding of ethnography and ethnographic research as more than available qualitative methods. Instead, it takes an ethnographic approach to be an epistemological one. Yet, how might we do this? In this article, I discuss my pedagogical strategies for teaching students an ethnographic sensibility without having them conduct fieldwork. I argue that it is both possible and valuable to generate an ethnographic sensibility in the classroom. 

Design of Measurement System of the Center of Gravity

2013 ◽  
Vol 706-708 ◽  
pp. 733-736
Author(s):  
Fang Li
Keyword(s):  
Measurement System ◽  
Center Of Gravity ◽  
Actual Position ◽  
Ideal Position ◽  
The Future ◽  
The Difference ◽  
New System ◽  
The Ideal

It is very difficult to confirm the position of the center of gravity irregular object.This paper introduces a new system,which can be used in measuring and adjusting of the center of gravity.The irregular object was put on the support parts,then the center of gravity was given.When the actual position was compared with the ideal position,the difference was given. Until actual position and ideal position were coincided,the machining was continuing. Matlab was programmed in this measure system. It will be applied widely in the future.

scholarly journals KARAKTERISTIK KEPEMIMPINAN PENDIDIKAN ISLAM BERBASIS MASJID

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (01) ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Hidayat Ginanjar ◽  
Wartono .
Keyword(s):  
Human Life ◽  
Important Task ◽  
Islamic Education ◽  
Future Generations ◽  
Port Development ◽  
The Future ◽  
Wide Perspective ◽  
Good Leader ◽  
Islamic Society ◽  
The Ideal

Leadership is the ideal of quality, both in terms of physical, mental, and intellectual.Maturity in terms ofthis aspect will help a leader in carrying out the task. Knowledgeand a wide perspective is the key in solving many problems that block or makesome breakthroughs for the success of the important task of a leader. Islamencourage every Muslim to have these three types of power. The strong and goodbelievers are well loved by Allah more than the weak believers, each has a virtue.For that, the vision and values of leadership comes from the ideal practices ofRasulullah peace be upon him (Shalallahu 'alaihi wa sallam) and the Companions, itis necessary and must continue to be extracted, distributed and socialized tobecome a strong issue in the stage of leadership in society. Therefore, a goodleadership is absolutely needed by the community, and of course the leaders areexpected to appear is a leader that has a nature or character laudable. That is, onthe side of truth, justice, has the nature of trust, a worthy model, simplicity,greatness of the soul, forgive person, and others who emphasize kindness for thepeople.One of the leadership Islamic education models is leadership based mosque,the mosque is a place where Muslims join together in routines worship, both(hablum minallah) (relationship between human and Allah) or (hablum minannas)(relationship between human and human). For Muslims, the mosque become theheart moorings, the port development and the life energy of Muslims. mosques alsofunction as institutions of education and knowledge of Islam. In addition, the mosqueis also a place that can be delivered candidates Islamic leaders in the future, asevidenced (applied) by Rasulullah peace be upon him (Shalallahu 'alaihi wa sallam),he built with the friends so that future generations be able to lead the best andpeople through developments that centred in mosque. People were educated inmosques in a shelter of the high Islamic society and give priority in deliberation forsolving problems. The mosque which was established on the basis of devotion toAllah will inure to the influence of education in human life. Thus, the mosque-basedleadership can bear a good leader, the leader of a people-oriented development, sothat it can be delivered to devotee individuals, able to lead and bring the nextgeneration achieve their hopes; establishing a believer for himself, family,community, nation and state.Keyword: Islamic Education, Leadership, Caracter, Mosqul Based.

scholarly journals HOW TO ‘SELL’ THE PORTUGUESE LANGUAGE? PROMOTING THE PORTUGUESE LANGUAGE WITHIN TWO NORTH AMERICA COMMUNITIES

Diacrítica ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 32 (2) ◽  
pp. 21
Author(s):  
Fabio Scetti
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
North America ◽  
United States Of America ◽  
Heritage Language ◽  
Qualitative Methodology ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Discursive Analysis ◽  
Ethnographic Approach ◽  
The Future ◽  
Global Language

This contribution presents the analysis of the position of the Portuguese language within two Portuguese communities located in North America: in Montreal, Quebec, Canada and in Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America. Enrollments are decreasing within the communitarian schools of the two communities, and some actors within these institutions are mobilizing discourses about the power of Portuguese as a global language of the future, a language of business. Thanks to our ethnographic approach, we observed discourses promoted by these institutions not anymore as a Heritage Language (HL), but ‘selling’ Portuguese as a new language for the future. Moreover, we realized how the nationalist paradigm in which one language is equal to one nation or community, and this refers to one norm, is maintained to support this new position. Due to a qualitative methodology, mixing interactional observation and semi-structured interviews, we aimed to articulate discursive analysis and analysis of language practices, mainly focusing on the perception and the identification of what is perceived as the ‘good’ Portuguese. Speakers continue to interrogate mixed or hybrid practices according to their repertoires and considering each context or situation. This may help questioning the complex ideology of ‘purity’ of a language.

scholarly journals Social Roles in the Ethnographic Fieldwork

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>

scholarly journals MAKING THE CONTENTS OF LETTERS IN THE NOTARIS IN ISLAM'S LEGAL PERSPECTIVE

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 234
Author(s):  
Tubus Tubus
Keyword(s):  
Islamic Law ◽  
Field Research ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Legal Perspective ◽  
The Future ◽  
The Will ◽  
The Ideal ◽  
The Way

This paper aims to examine the making of the contents of wills examined from the point of view of Islamic law, in practice the reality in the lives of many people who have not heed the word basmallah as an incantation in the contents of the will for the followers of Islam. In this study using sociological juridical method, where the primary data obtained directly from field research, while secondary data obtained from the literature. The results obtained that the way of making the contents of the will and the absence of public legal awareness is optimal for the making of the contents of wills in accordance with Islamic law. And there are still weaknesses in the Making and Implementation of the contents of the current will, when the testament is oral, namely: The absence of the sacred intention or the noble intention of the collector must not necessarily occur; unsecured rights of the recipient, in the event of any problems of the future heirs of the pewasiat; there is a difficulty of proof in the absence of witnesses, when the will is brought before the Court. Law renewal in the making of the contents of the will in the presence of a notary in the perspective of Islamic law are: the reconstruction of its value, the Ideal Formation of the Will, the testament is done in writing witnessed by two witnesses and before the Notary. Ideal Construction Format of Testament Creation. The testament is written in the presence of two witnesses or in the form of a Deed or a Notary Deed. At the head of the will or the Deed or Notarial deed is included a sentence “Basmallah”.

scholarly journals Promising indications in the journey of the Mental Health Pathway collaboration between police and health in Scotland

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 80-82
Author(s):  
Claire Coleman
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Collaborative Project ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Future ◽  
Future Plans

Mental Health Pathway is a pioneering collaborative project in Scotland between police and health professionals seeking to get the first point of contact right for the public in relation to their mental health. Six months after the launch of the first stage, we take a reflective look over what has taken place and look to the future plans.

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