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The vulnerable observer: Fear, sufferings and boundary crossing
In this contribution, Yunpeng Zhang responds to an earlier post by Qin Shao (see Building Trust and Boundary: Fieldwork in Shanghai) to provoke discussions on the dilemma and ethics of observing,...
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Fieldwork at Home: Assumptions, Anxieties and Fear
This contribution reflects on the experiences of a four month stint of ethnographic fieldwork conducted in Islamabad, Pakistan. It is a case of ‘fieldwork at home’, with serious concerns of...
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Constructive engagement, estrangement and contextualisation: Conducting field...
While conducting field research on Bin-Zib, a communal living experiment in South Korea, I faced a problem of positioning myself in the community. This was mainly because I realized my own...
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Confessions of a ‘doorstep researcher': Reflections on a comparative study of...
In many cities, public authorities engage in redevelopment or renewal of disadvantaged neighbourhoods. While the aim is social, physical and economic upgrading of these...
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The homecomer and the stranger: Reflections on positionality and the benefits...
Based on the experience of conducting field research in Kazakhstan, I reflect on the challenges of working in a cross-cultural insider-outsider differentiated team. My work with my colleague Eva Kipnis...
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Building Trust and Boundaries: Fieldwork in Shanghai
While I was studying residents-turned-protesters against eviction in Shanghai, calculated risks and extra precautions were inevitable to carry out the research and protect my sources and myself. The...
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Utilising participation in musical ethnographic fieldwork in rural China
This discussion focuses on the issue of participation in relation to fieldwork in China. Drawing upon more than 24 months of musical ethnographic fieldwork in rural Kam (in Chinese, Dong 侗) minority...
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The vulnerable observer: Fear, sufferings and boundary crossing
In this contribution, Yunpeng Zhang responds to an earlier post by Qin Shao (see Building Trust and Boundary: Fieldwork in Shanghai) to provoke discussions on the dilemma and ethics of observing,...
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Fieldwork at Home: Assumptions, Anxieties and Fear
This contribution reflects on the experiences of a four month stint of ethnographic fieldwork conducted in Islamabad, Pakistan. It is a case of ‘fieldwork at home’, with serious concerns of...
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Constructive engagement, estrangement and contextualisation: Conducting field...
While conducting field research on Bin-Zib, a communal living experiment in South Korea, I faced a problem of positioning myself in the community. This was mainly because I realized my own...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Confessions of a ‘doorstep researcher’: Reflections on a comparative study of...
In many cities, public authorities engage in redevelopment or renewal of disadvantaged neighbourhoods. While the aim is social, physical and economic upgrading of these...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The homecomer and the stranger: Reflections on positionality and the benefits...
Based on the experience of conducting field research in Kazakhstan, I reflect on the challenges of working in a cross-cultural insider-outsider differentiated team. My work with my colleague Eva Kipnis...
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