Let me know when you figure everyone around here out: Placing gender in the ethnographic process

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Abstract

Purpose - To reflect upon access, rapport and representation in ethnographic research through the lens of place, especially how place intersects with gender. Methodology/approach - This chapter uses a critical, reflexive analysis of my own ethnographic research. Findings - I argue that place - defined as the set of meanings surrounding a geographical location - is an important, but less understood factor that shapes the research process. Place interacts with more commonly identified categories such as race, class and gender, but cannot be reduced to them. Originality/value - While place is a burgeoning topic of scholarship, little work has considered how it influences qualitative data collection and analysis. This chapter fills this gap and in the process illuminates how more recognised categories such as gender are situated in place.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)125-144
Number of pages20
JournalStudies in Qualitative Methodology
Volume14
DOIs
StatePublished - 2016

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Publisher Copyright:
© 2016 by Emerald Group Publishing Limited.

Keywords

  • Ethnography
  • Gender
  • Masculinity
  • Place
  • Rapport
  • Reflexivity

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Education
  • Social Sciences (miscellaneous)
  • Sociology and Political Science

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