Margaret Barnhill Bodemer
- Published in print:
- 2015
- Published Online:
- November 2016
- ISBN:
- 9780824847593
- eISBN:
- 9780824868215
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of Hawai'i Press
- DOI:
- 10.21313/hawaii/9780824847593.003.0010
- Subject:
- Anthropology, Social and Cultural Anthropology
This chapter discusses an important lesson in participant observation in fieldwork, by positioning the Vietnam Museum of Ethnology—or rather, its location—as the center of a vibrant periphery that ...
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This chapter discusses an important lesson in participant observation in fieldwork, by positioning the Vietnam Museum of Ethnology—or rather, its location—as the center of a vibrant periphery that can offer invaluable insights and experiences for the ethnographer. The main argument here is that the initial starting point—the museum, where the chapter author's fieldwork is to take place—constitutes but part of a larger “field” within which the discerning ethnographer operates. In ethnographic fieldwork, experiencing the everyday lives of people in your fieldwork site is essential. Ideally, the anthropologist should be involved in the world around themselves as much as possible, observing what people do, and establishing a means to analyze everyday life in addition to their specific topic of study.Less
This chapter discusses an important lesson in participant observation in fieldwork, by positioning the Vietnam Museum of Ethnology—or rather, its location—as the center of a vibrant periphery that can offer invaluable insights and experiences for the ethnographer. The main argument here is that the initial starting point—the museum, where the chapter author's fieldwork is to take place—constitutes but part of a larger “field” within which the discerning ethnographer operates. In ethnographic fieldwork, experiencing the everyday lives of people in your fieldwork site is essential. Ideally, the anthropologist should be involved in the world around themselves as much as possible, observing what people do, and establishing a means to analyze everyday life in addition to their specific topic of study.
Kathryn Moeller
- Published in print:
- 2018
- Published Online:
- September 2018
- ISBN:
- 9780520286382
- eISBN:
- 9780520961623
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of California Press
- DOI:
- 10.1525/california/9780520286382.003.0002
- Subject:
- Sociology, Gender and Sexuality
Chapter 1 theorizes the Girl Effect as a global apparatus of power. Employing this conceptualization, the book moves beyond studying discrete institutions, their policies, and intended effects on ...
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Chapter 1 theorizes the Girl Effect as a global apparatus of power. Employing this conceptualization, the book moves beyond studying discrete institutions, their policies, and intended effects on social practice to consider how the Girl Effect is constituted through a set of power/knowledge practices focused on girls as an object of development. To understand this, the chapter introduces the multi-scalar research design focused on Nike Inc. and the Nike Foundation’s transnational relationships with three types of development institutions, including the World Bank in Washington, DC, the Clinton Global Initiative in New York City, and two international NGOs in Brazil. It reflects on the ethnographer’s role in and of the apparatus, and it considers the ways in which access in the different research nodes of the apparatus was always negotiated, tenuous, and never uniform.Less
Chapter 1 theorizes the Girl Effect as a global apparatus of power. Employing this conceptualization, the book moves beyond studying discrete institutions, their policies, and intended effects on social practice to consider how the Girl Effect is constituted through a set of power/knowledge practices focused on girls as an object of development. To understand this, the chapter introduces the multi-scalar research design focused on Nike Inc. and the Nike Foundation’s transnational relationships with three types of development institutions, including the World Bank in Washington, DC, the Clinton Global Initiative in New York City, and two international NGOs in Brazil. It reflects on the ethnographer’s role in and of the apparatus, and it considers the ways in which access in the different research nodes of the apparatus was always negotiated, tenuous, and never uniform.
Magdalena Wong
- Published in print:
- 2020
- Published Online:
- January 2021
- ISBN:
- 9789888528424
- eISBN:
- 9789882203570
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Hong Kong University Press
- DOI:
- 10.5790/hongkong/9789888528424.003.0001
- Subject:
- Society and Culture, Gender Studies
The chapter introduces a discussion about what the term 'a real man' means to interlocutors, opening up a wider consideration of hegemonic masculinity and Chinese masculinities. The study diverges ...
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The chapter introduces a discussion about what the term 'a real man' means to interlocutors, opening up a wider consideration of hegemonic masculinity and Chinese masculinities. The study diverges from the classic interpretation of Raewyn Connell’s concept of hegemonic masculinity in one important respect. The term is usually associated with negative, toxic, sexist, oppressive male values and behaviours, but the version of hegemonic masculinity that has developed in China is identified as having an ethos that is exhibited in the social and family lives of men in diverse settings. The chapter also describes the research methodology and characteristics of the fieldwork site.Less
The chapter introduces a discussion about what the term 'a real man' means to interlocutors, opening up a wider consideration of hegemonic masculinity and Chinese masculinities. The study diverges from the classic interpretation of Raewyn Connell’s concept of hegemonic masculinity in one important respect. The term is usually associated with negative, toxic, sexist, oppressive male values and behaviours, but the version of hegemonic masculinity that has developed in China is identified as having an ethos that is exhibited in the social and family lives of men in diverse settings. The chapter also describes the research methodology and characteristics of the fieldwork site.
Magnus Marsden
- Published in print:
- 2016
- Published Online:
- October 2016
- ISBN:
- 9780190247980
- eISBN:
- 9780190492205
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780190247980.003.0001
- Subject:
- Political Science, Asian Politics
The introduction introduces the aims and scope of the book and its over-arching arguments. It situates the book’s ethnographic material on Afghan traders in relationship to scholarly work on ...
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The introduction introduces the aims and scope of the book and its over-arching arguments. It situates the book’s ethnographic material on Afghan traders in relationship to scholarly work on Afghanistan and Central Asia, trade and traders, globalisation, markets and the economy, as well as anthropological work on Islam, ethics and morality, and neoliberalism. The introduction critically analyses discourses concerning the development of the so-called new Silk Route. It also introduces the multi-sited fieldwork methods upon which the ethnographic material presented in the book are based, and describes the locations in which this fieldwork was conducted.Less
The introduction introduces the aims and scope of the book and its over-arching arguments. It situates the book’s ethnographic material on Afghan traders in relationship to scholarly work on Afghanistan and Central Asia, trade and traders, globalisation, markets and the economy, as well as anthropological work on Islam, ethics and morality, and neoliberalism. The introduction critically analyses discourses concerning the development of the so-called new Silk Route. It also introduces the multi-sited fieldwork methods upon which the ethnographic material presented in the book are based, and describes the locations in which this fieldwork was conducted.
Cristina Rocha
- Published in print:
- 2017
- Published Online:
- January 2017
- ISBN:
- 9780190466701
- eISBN:
- 9780190466749
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780190466701.003.0001
- Subject:
- Religion, Religion and Society
The introduction sets out the research questions and themes of the book. It explains its methodology, arguments, and theoretical framework, and summarizes each of the chapters. In particular, it ...
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The introduction sets out the research questions and themes of the book. It explains its methodology, arguments, and theoretical framework, and summarizes each of the chapters. In particular, it explains the book’s main contention that the global growth of the John of God movement is due to three main reasons closely connected to “the massive subjective turn” (Taylor 1991) in late modernity. First, John of God’s striking healing methods give people a radical experience of the sacred. Second, those who are chronically or terminally ill find hope when biomedicine has given up on them. Third, the movement gives people a sense of community that offers social and emotional support to people undergoing life crises such as illnesses or day-to-day issues such as loneliness or divorce.Less
The introduction sets out the research questions and themes of the book. It explains its methodology, arguments, and theoretical framework, and summarizes each of the chapters. In particular, it explains the book’s main contention that the global growth of the John of God movement is due to three main reasons closely connected to “the massive subjective turn” (Taylor 1991) in late modernity. First, John of God’s striking healing methods give people a radical experience of the sacred. Second, those who are chronically or terminally ill find hope when biomedicine has given up on them. Third, the movement gives people a sense of community that offers social and emotional support to people undergoing life crises such as illnesses or day-to-day issues such as loneliness or divorce.
