Health and Wellbeing (TNE) Archives - Allegra Lab https://allegralaboratory.net/category/alliances/the-new-ethnographer/health-and-wellbeing-tne/ Anthropology for Radical Optimism Mon, 12 Oct 2026 08:37:51 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://allegralaboratory.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/cropped-Icon-Allegra-Lab-Fixed-32x32.png Health and Wellbeing (TNE) Archives - Allegra Lab https://allegralaboratory.net/category/alliances/the-new-ethnographer/health-and-wellbeing-tne/ 32 32 Unhealthy at the Health Fair: A personal account of chronic illness and disability in the field https://allegralaboratory.net/unhealthy-at-the-health-fair-a-personal-account-of-chronic-illness-and-disability-in-the-field/ https://allegralaboratory.net/unhealthy-at-the-health-fair-a-personal-account-of-chronic-illness-and-disability-in-the-field/#respond Fri, 18 Sep 2026 14:08:24 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net/?p=46344 This reflective essay examines the author’s experience conducting fieldwork while managing chronic illness and disability.

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]]> https://allegralaboratory.net/unhealthy-at-the-health-fair-a-personal-account-of-chronic-illness-and-disability-in-the-field/feed/ 0 Through the looking glass: learning to do ethnography with children and their families https://allegralaboratory.net/through-the-looking-glass-learning-to-do-ethnography-with-children-and-their-families/ https://allegralaboratory.net/through-the-looking-glass-learning-to-do-ethnography-with-children-and-their-families/#respond Fri, 18 Sep 2026 14:08:07 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net/?p=46506 In this article, Nieves Galera reflects on the practical and emotional challenges of conducting ethnographic fieldwork with infants and their families.

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]]> https://allegralaboratory.net/through-the-looking-glass-learning-to-do-ethnography-with-children-and-their-families/feed/ 0 Ethnographic Ableism: Structural Silencing of Physical Disability in Anthropological Research https://allegralaboratory.net/ethnographic-ableism-structural-silencing-of-physical-disability-in-anthropological-research/ https://allegralaboratory.net/ethnographic-ableism-structural-silencing-of-physical-disability-in-anthropological-research/#respond Fri, 18 Sep 2026 14:06:33 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net/?p=46371 Micha Rahder critiques "ethnographic ableism," the structural exclusion and silencing of researchers with disabilities in anthropology.

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]]> https://allegralaboratory.net/ethnographic-ableism-structural-silencing-of-physical-disability-in-anthropological-research/feed/ 0 Emotions of Friendship: The Psychological Challenges of Doing Fieldwork in Xinjiang https://allegralaboratory.net/emotions-of-friendship-the-psychological-challenges-of-doing-fieldwork-in-xinjiang/ https://allegralaboratory.net/emotions-of-friendship-the-psychological-challenges-of-doing-fieldwork-in-xinjiang/#respond Fri, 18 Sep 2026 14:06:24 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net/?p=46369 In this article, Lisa Ernst examines the overlooked psychological toll of "friendship as method" within ethnography, specifically during high-risk fieldwork in Xinjiang, China.

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]]> https://allegralaboratory.net/dis-ability-to-do-fieldwork/feed/ 0 Competitive Hardship: ethnographic guilt and early-career pressure to conduct ‘authentic’ fieldwork https://allegralaboratory.net/competitive-hardship-ethnographic-guilt-and-early-career-pressure-to-conduct-authentic-fieldwork/ https://allegralaboratory.net/competitive-hardship-ethnographic-guilt-and-early-career-pressure-to-conduct-authentic-fieldwork/#respond Fri, 18 Sep 2026 14:05:51 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net/?p=46372 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.

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