Issues in Social Work

Witkin, Stanley L.; Iversen, Roberta Rehner

doi:10.1002/9780470373705.chsw001026

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“…Yet of all the methodological issues in ethnography, funding is rarely discussed in depth. The exceptions are the extent to which a funding source influences the content and direction of the research (Fetterman, 1998;Witkin and Iversen, 2008) or the constraints of limited funding (Alverson et al, 2006). In this ethnography, however, the process of research funding distinctly influenced disengagement.…”

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`Getting Out' in Ethnography

Iversen

2009

Qualitative Social Work

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In ethnography and related qualitative research that relies on naturalistic observation or fieldwork, 'getting in', or accessing a research population or site, receives considerable attention, as do data collection and analysis and writing-up. Yet despite the recent increase in ethnographic publications and methodological sophistication across the globe, scant attention is paid to 'getting out', or leaving the field. The exploration in this article stems from unexpected challenges to 'getting out' that a team of nine researchers experienced during a five-year, five-city ethnographic research project in the USA. Given the growing emphasis on reflexivity in ethnography, the expanding mandates of institutional review boards, and the vigorous theoretical and methodological debates taking place in many countries, increased attention to 'getting out', from multiple theoretical and epistemological perspectives and locations, could enrich the ethnographic research enterprise.

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`Getting Out' in Ethnography

Iversen

2009

Qualitative Social Work

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“…Autoethnography lays bare the illusions of universal truths through the portrayal of the complexities of individuals carrying multiple identities interacting with similarly complex individuals in a given socio-historical context (Spry, 2001). Within the social work literature, autoethnography has been explored as a methodology (Jensen-Hart and Williams, 2010;Lietz et al, 2006;Ngunjiri et al, 2010;Riessman and Quinney, 2005;Tolich, 2010;Witkin, 2000Witkin, , 2008 among others. Sexuality (Trotter et al, 2006), poverty (Krumer-Nevo, 2009), caring for children with learning disabilities (Gant, 2017), and social change (Ellis, 2002) have also been topics of inquiry.…”

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An autoethnography of a neurotypical adoptive mother’s journey through adoption into the world(s) of intellectual variety in the early years of the U.S. Education System

Comerford

2018

Qualitative Social Work

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This narrative is my story of being catapulted from a distanced space of relative naïveté and unknowing about the lives and challenges that children with disabilities face in the school system. It is also a tale about my increased radicalization birthed from witnessing my daughter’s school experiences and the informal social relations of childhood. Mine is one of many stories that could be told about this set of experiences. Taking an evocative, autoethnographic approach, and blending the evocative and analytical traditions provides me with a unique reflexive vehicle. It allows a critical connection and reflection on my own experiences and the literature, as my family identifies, deconstructs, and responds to the cultural, social, and political dimensions of our daughter’s life in the geography she has inhabits as a “child with special needs.” The focus in this work is on her early years including placement, infancy, pre-school, and kindergarten.

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Issues in Social Work

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`Getting Out' in Ethnography

`Getting Out' in Ethnography

An autoethnography of a neurotypical adoptive mother’s journey through adoption into the world(s) of intellectual variety in the early years of the U.S. Education System

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