Dis/ability to do Fieldwork
In this article, Rine Vieth critiques the “Malinowskian” ideal of fieldwork, which prizes able-bodied endurance and long-term isolation as markers of professional authority.
Competitive Hardship: ethnographic guilt and early-career pressure to conduct ‘authentic’ fieldwork
Jennifer Cearns examines the persistent influence of the “Malinowskian” model of fieldwork on early-career anthropologists, arguing that traditional expectations of isolation and immersion create unnecessary guilt and anxiety in contemporary settings.
Access and Agency of Women Ethnographers in Technical Leisure Cultures
Based on eighteen months of participant observation in US gaming and live-action role-play communities, the piece examines how women ethnographers navigate access, safety, and credibility within male-dominated technical leisure cultures.
‘Friendnography’ and the ethical questions it raises
Of all the hundreds of photos on my old phone, there was only one that I absolutely had to get