Lisa Ernst is trained in Cultural Anthropology, Chinese Studies and Islamic Studies and is currently a PhD student in Central Asian Studies at the Berlin Graduate…… Read more “Emotions of Friendship: The Psychological Challenges of Doing Fieldwork in Xinjiang”
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Dis/ability to do Fieldwork
Rine Vieth is a PhD candidate at McGill University in Tio’tia:ke/Montréal, Canada. They are currently researching how UK asylum tribunals consider religion and conversion, with a focus…… Read more “Dis/ability to do Fieldwork”
Elective Affinities: Fragility and Injustice in the Field
Luisa Enria is a lecturer in International Development. Her work focuses on political violence, humanitarian emergencies and citizenship in Sierra Leone. 2017. They say they can’t tell if…… Read more “Elective Affinities: Fragility and Injustice in the Field”
Through the looking glass: learning to do ethnography with children and their families
Nieves Galera Nieves trained in Psychology, and is currently a PhD student at the Department of Developmental and Educational Psychology of Autonomous University of Madrid. Using a sociocultural and…… Read more “Through the looking glass: learning to do ethnography with children and their families”
Pregnant or fieldworker; should ‘all foreseeable risks’ be avoided in the field?
Emmanuelle Roth is a PhD candidate in Social Anthropology. She currently conducts fieldwork in Guinea on the aftermath of the Ebola outbreak. She is interested in viral…… Read more “Pregnant or fieldworker; should ‘all foreseeable risks’ be avoided in the field?”
Competitive Hardship: ethnographic guilt and early-career pressure to conduct ‘authentic’ fieldwork
Jennifer Cearns is currently conducting ethnographic research in Miami, USA, and Havana, Cuba, focusing on practices of material and digital exchange, sharing and reciprocity within and between…… Read more “Competitive Hardship: ethnographic guilt and early-career pressure to conduct ‘authentic’ fieldwork”