Ethnographic fieldwork quarantined

Kuiper, Gerda

doi:10.1111/1469-8676.12848

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“…Thus, digital ethnography can compensate for the physical absence of the ethnographic encounter whenever we thoughtfully stimulate our cognitive skills to recall past embodied experiences and hypothesise about potential ones. Even though a form of sociality emerges from the human-technology interface, its effectiveness depends on the geographic context filled with digital inequalities ( Cocco & Bertran, 2021 ; Kuiper, 2020 ). As a result, a well-balanced mix of physical and digital ethnography ( Murthy, 2008, p. 839 ) could provide fertile ground for the future development of an anthropology that connects the various socio-ecological realities of the world while remaining committed to the ethical treatment and respect of subjects' lives.…”

Section: Concluding Remarks: Rethinking Ethnography In the Anthropocenementioning

confidence: 99%

The Ethnographic Quest in the Midst of COVID-19

Espinoza

2022

International Journal of Qualitative Methods

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The outbreak of SARS-CoV-2 has threatened ethnographic inquiry, undermining its quintessential characteristic. Participant observation, then, has been thoroughly dismembered by the radical measures implemented to prevent the spread of the virus. This phenomenon, in short, has dragged anthropologists to a liminal state within which ethnography is paradoxically caught in an onto-epistemological unstable vortex. The question of being here and not there, during the pandemic, is epitomised in the instability of different spatio-temporal contexts that overlap through technological mediations. Reflecting on previous fieldwork experiences and current virtual inquiries with the Shuar of the Ecuadorian Amazon unfolds how COVID-19 has thoroughly reshaped how the author approaches subjects' socio-ecological settings. Against this background, the article argues that corporeal immersion remains a necessary condition for the anthropological scrutiny of multispecies relationalities amidst the challenging times of the Anthropocene. The article nevertheless demonstrates that the intellectual efforts to grasp the different material temporalities of virtual spaces embrace the ethical principles concerning the renunciation of fieldwork with vulnerable communities. Furthermore, a reflective and speculative stance is proposed to actualise the snapshots of faraway physicalities linking them to past embodied and multi-sensory experiences. It is ultimately theorised how these mnemonic devices operate as creative forms of inquiry that overcome the pandemic consequences, extra-stimulating our cognitive capabilities to reflect on prior and possible socio-material interactions.

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Section: Concluding Remarks: Rethinking Ethnography In the Anthropocenementioning

confidence: 99%

The Ethnographic Quest in the Midst of COVID-19

Espinoza

2022

International Journal of Qualitative Methods

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“…The festival's hybridity also transpired in the dynamics of ethnographic online encounters. The interviews were arranged through WhatsApp, Facebook, and e-mails-the most efficient media to get in touch with interlocutors-although they often exclude social groups without easy and immediate access to the Internet (Kuiper 2020). As the interlocutors were forced to stay in their homes, with very limited social contact outside their households, phone and video calls with the ethnographer were an opportunity to feel less isolated, enjoy some social time, and break the routine of quarantined life.…”

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Rethinking Religious Festivals in the Era of Digital Ethnography

Cocco

Bertran

2021

Social Analysis

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The Festival of Sant'Efisio has been carried out for centuries in Sardinia, Italy, to honor a vow made to the Saint after a plague in the seventeenth century. As a result of the global health crisis in 2020, the Festival was performed mainly through social media. Studying this event under such conditions accentuated the inherent complexity of interpreting ethnographic data from religious festivals, in which the body, emotions, and participation play a fundamental role. Emphasizing the hybridity of online and offline worlds, we reflect on how fieldwork has been transformed by COVID-19 through a reflexive account of the methodological challenges of online festival ethnography.

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“…It is a personalization of the images to express attitudes, feelings, motives, and emotion to the place and surroundings in order to understand language in its different forms and multiple meanings. The ethnographic diversity during the COVID-19 crisis was reflected in the data collection process and how the linguistics landscape has changed during the Pandemic (Kuiper 2020). The multicultural and linguistic interaction was also reflected in the mix between the different communities, creeds, and religions, where ethnic shops with signs in different languages have added to the emotional dimension of Discourse.…”

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