Participant observation in rural Mexico : what my child taught me /
This case study explores the interplay between personal identity and participant observation through the lens of the author's ethnographic research in a rural Mexican village. My journey as an anthropologist, mother, and outsider shapes my fieldwork and some thematic emphases. I address the com...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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London :
SAGE Publications Ltd,
2024.
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| Series: | SAGE Research methods: diversifying and decolonizing research.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | This case study explores the interplay between personal identity and participant observation through the lens of the author's ethnographic research in a rural Mexican village. My journey as an anthropologist, mother, and outsider shapes my fieldwork and some thematic emphases. I address the community's cultural intricacies, shedding light on nuanced relationships between children, key symbols, and social identities while underscoring the dynamic nature of ethnographic research, the challenges of objectivity, and how personal circumstances both constrain and enrich the understandings that emerge from shared experiences and perspectives. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource. |
| ISBN: | 9781529686913 1529686911 |