Definición de una ética del cuidado en el trabajo de campo: Reflexiones sobre el giro digital
Tengo una confesión que hacer. Había estado evitando escribir esta publicación por un largo tiempo, porque secretamente, me preocupa que lo que tengo que decir sobre el trabajo de campo digital sea desalentador, inútil o parezca.Pero como etnógrafo político comprometido con la transparencia y la apertura reflexiva, sé que tenemos que hablar de posicionalidad y […]
Defining an Ethics of Care in Fieldwork: Reflections on the Digital Turn
I have a confession to make. I have been avoiding writing this post for a long time, because secretly, I worry that what I have to say about digital fieldwork will be discouraging, unhelpful, or come off as snobbish. But as a political ethnographer committed to transparency and reflective openness, I know we have to […]
Building Community in Digital Fieldwork
Like many research programs that rely on ethnographic fieldwork, traditional sociolinguistic research relies heavily on researchers building rapport with participants by spending time in their communities and sitting down with them in person to audio-record informal conversations.
Flexibility, Generosity, and Community in the Time of COVID
I was going to write a different book. For the last five years, I had been planning a book that traced debates about the shape of Accra, Ghana’s capital city, from the late 19th century through the present.