The Shadow Side of Fieldwork
Exploring the Blurred Borders between Ethnography and Life
Published on 8. May 2008
328 pages
978-0-470-76633-0 (ISBN)
Description
The Shadow Side of Fieldwork draws attention to thetypically hidden or unacknowledged aspects of ethnographicfieldwork encounters that nevertheless shape the resultingknowledge and texts. Addressing these invisible, elusive, unspokenor mysterious elements introduces a distinctive rigor andresponsibility 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 examinethe subjectivities inherent in their ethnographic insights
* Explores the value, and limitations, of addressing the personalin ethnographic research
* Includes a critical discussion of the anthropologist'sself in the field
* Introduces imaginative rigor to ethnographic research toheighten confidence in anthropological knowledge
Reviews / Votes
"Important and invaluable ... .This book brings that totality outof the shadows and into the light. It is written in an accessiblemanner and should inform teaching of research methods at both anundergraduate and postgraduate level, being a core text in thelatter. It should be a companion guide to us all." (Journal ofthe Royal Anthropological Institute, September 2009) "There are some fabulous papers in here: thought provoking,stimulating, well-written, clever papers." (AnthropologicalForum, July 2009)"Eye opening, provocative, and politically charged, this timelyvolume will change the ways you think about objects of knowledgeand the means and ethics of knowing." João Biehl, Princeton University "With a multi-faceted play on the concept of shadow, these fineessays together redeem and clarify the so-called reflexive turn inanthropology, showing how the deeply personal in fieldwork isintegral to the kind of quirky curiosity on which ethnographicknowledge so distinctively depends." George Marcus, University of California, Irvine "With uncommon candor, the remarkable ethnographers of TheShadow Side of Fieldwork interrogate some of the most pressingethical and theoretical issues of writing culture in the presentmoment. Their often moving accounts of close encounters withthemselves in their fieldwork contexts, and their understanding ofhow these encounters shape anthropology's project of ethicalconnection with persons and worlds beyond, and within, our own,invites the discipline into new realms of inquiry, and excitesdeeper engagement with the paradoxes and anxieties ofintersubjective research. A remarkable undertaking, alltold." Debbora Battaglia, Mount Holyoke CollegeMore details
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Athena McLean is Professor of Anthropology at the Departmentof Sociology, Anthropology and Social Work, Central MichiganUniversity. Dr. McLean's research has focused onprocesses of knowledge production and contestation in the areas ofaging and psychiatry. She has particular interests in dementia careand advocacy movements in mental health and aging. Her writingsinclude 'Contradictions in the Social Production of ClinicalKnowledge: The Case of Schizophrenia', in Social Science andMedicine (1990), and The Person in Dementia: A Study ofNursing Home Care in the U.S. (2007).
Annette Leibing is an anthropologist with researchinterests in psychiatry, aging (especially Alzheimer), medications,and new medical technologies (such as stem cells). She has taughtanthropology at the Institute of Psychiatry, Federal University ofRio de Janeiro, and been a visiting professor in Social Studies ofMedicine, McGill University (2002-05). She is AssociateProfessor of Medical Anthropology at the University of Montreal.Her latest book, co-edited with Lawrence Cohen, is Thinkingabout Dementia: Culture, Loss, and the Anthropology of Senility(2006).
Content
Dedication.
Acknowledgements.
Contributors.
Foreword: In the Shadows: Anthropological Encounters withModernity: Gillian Goslinga (University of California, Santa Cruz)and Gelya Frank (University of Southern California).
Introduction: 'Learn to Value your Shadow!': An Introduction tothe Margins of Fieldwork: Annette Leibing (University of Montreal)and Athena McLean (Central Michigan University).
Part I: Secrecy and Silence in the EthnographicEncounter:.
1. Out of the Shadows of History and Memory: Personal FamilyNarratives as Intimate Ethnography: Alisse Waterston (John JayCollege of Criminal Justice) and Barbara Rylko-Bauer (MichiganState University).
2. When Things Get Personal: Secrecy and the Production ofExperience in Fieldwork: Anne M. Lovell (National Institute forResearch on Health and Medicine, Marseille).
Part II: Transmutations of Experience: Approaching theReality of Shadows:.
3. The Scene: Shadowing the Real: Vincent Crapanzano (CUNYGraduate Center).
4. Transmutation of Sensibilities: Empathy, Intuition,Revelation: Thomas Csordas (University of California, SanDiego).
Part III: Epistemic Shadows:.
5. Shining a Light into the Shadow of Death: Terminal CareDiscourse and Practice in the Late Twentieth Century: Jason Szabo(Harvard University).
6. The Hidden Side of the Moon or, 'Lifting Out' in Ethnography:Annette Leibing (University of Montreal).
Part IV: The Politics of Ethnographic Encounter: NegotiatingPower in the Shadow:.
7. The Gray Zone: Nancy Scheper-Hughes (University ofCalifornia, Berkeley).
8. Others within Us: Collective Identity, Positioning andDisplacement: Meira Weiss (Hebrew University of Jerusalem).
9. Falling into Fieldwork: Lessons from a Desperate Search forSurvival: Rose-Marie Chierici (SUNY Geneseo).
Part V: Blurred Borders in the Ethnographic Encounter of Selfand Other:.
10. Field Research on the Run: One More (from) for the Road:Dimitris Papageorgiou (University of the Aegean).
11. Intimate Travels through Otherness: Ellen Corin (McGillUniversity).
12. When the Border of Research and Personal Life becomeBlurred: Thorny Issues in Conducting Dementia Research: AthenaMcLean (Central Michigan University).
Index
