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The Shadow Side of Field Work : Exploring the Blurred Borders Between Ethnography and Life by Athena McLean and Annette Leibing is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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The Shadow Side of Fieldwork draws attention to the typically hidden or unacknowledged aspects of ethnographic fieldwork encounters that nevertheless shape the resulting knowledge and texts. Addressing these invisible, elusive, unspoken or mysterious elements introduces a distinctive rigor and responsibility to ethnographic research. Luminaries in anthropology dare to explore the'unspeakable'and'invisible'in the ethnographic encounter Considers personal and professional challenges (ethical, epistemological, and political) faced by researchers who examine the subjectivities inherent in their ethnographic insights Explores the value, and limitations, of addressing the personal in ethnographic research Includes a critical discussion of the anthropologist's self in the field Introduces imaginative rigor to ethnographic research to heighten confidence in anthropological knowledge

Who reads The Shadow Side of Field Work : Exploring the Blurred Borders Between Ethnography and Life?

It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.

Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.

Author
Athena McLean and Annette Leibing
Publisher
Wiley-Blackwell (an imprint of John Wiley & Sons Ltd)
Published
2007
Language
EN
ISBN
9780470766330
Category
nonfiction
Subjects
Anthropology, Sociology, Science

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