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Kirsten Bell - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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the problem of undesigned relationality Ethnographic Fieldwork dual roles and research ethics
Ethnography, 2019Co-Authors: Kirsten BellAbstract:Perhaps the most unique feature of Ethnographic Fieldwork is the distinctive form of relationality it entails, where the ethnographer's identity as a researcher is not fixed in the way typical of m...
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The ‘problem’ of undesigned relationality: Ethnographic Fieldwork, dual roles and research ethics:
Ethnography, 2018Co-Authors: Kirsten BellAbstract:Perhaps the most unique feature of Ethnographic Fieldwork is the distinctive form of relationality it entails, where the ethnographer's identity as a researcher is not fixed in the way typical of most other forms of research. In this paper, I explore how this ‘undesigned relationality’ is understood, both in procedural ethics frameworks and by the different disciplines that have come to claim a stake in the ‘method’ itself. Demonstrating that the ethical issues it entails are primarily conceptualized via the lens of the ‘dual role’, I use this as a means of exploring the ideal relationship between researcher and subject that procedural ethics frameworks are premised upon. I go on to explore the epistemological differences in ways that ethnographers themselves understand and respond to the multiple forms of relationality that characterize Fieldwork and the challenge this poses to the possibility of a pan-disciplinary consensus on Ethnographic research ethics.
Tine Thomsen - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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VP28 The Use Of Ethnographic Fieldwork In Health Technology Assessment
International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care, 2017Co-Authors: Helle Ploug Hansen, Tine ThomsenAbstract:INTRODUCTION:The aim of the study was to introduce Ethnographic Fieldwork (1), including participant-observation and Ethnographic interviews. Ethnographic Fieldwork is a robust research methodology to study patients experiences and perspectives and, therefore, particularly valuable for Health Technology Assessment (HTA). Conducting Ethnographic Fieldwork requires that the researcher joins the people under study where they live or work for a period of time to observe and experience their everyday life and grasp their point of view in relation to the assessment of a health technology.METHODS:The presentation focuses on Ethnographic Fieldwork with participant-observation and Ethnographic interviews. In relation to HTA, Fieldwork can be highly relevant in order to understand the social world of the patients, for instance how they perceive and act in relation to a health technology. Furthermore fieldnotes, considerations on the analytic process and the production of knowledge will be a focus in the presentation.RESULTS:We argue, that a small Fieldwork study based on participant-observation can do much more than just act as supplements to differents forms of interviews. We demonstrate that in the production of an HTA, patient knowledge should not depend on or prioritize one method like interviews or recorded talks. We show the importance of good fieldnotes in the process of analysis together with a discussion of the production of knowledge.CONCLUSIONS:To explore patients perspectives is thus not to identify one ’true’ perspective through an individual interview. Patients perspectives and experiences are emerging, relational and shifting. Therefore, there is a need for enhancing methodological and epistemological reflections and discussions about future development of Ethnographic Fieldwork in relation to HTA and patient involvement. The potential use of Ethnographic Fieldwork including participant-observation and Ethnographic interviews will be highly relevant in relation to the assessment of new screening procedures, tele-health solutions, and collaboration between different sectors such as hospitals, municipalities and general practice. Furthermore, Ethnographic Fieldwork would be of importance for exploring how technology is working in local settings.
Harry Wels - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Multi-species ethnography : methodological training in the field in South Africa
Journal of Organizational Ethnography, 2020Co-Authors: Harry WelsAbstract:PurposeTo further develop research methodologies for multi-species Ethnographic Fieldwork, based on researcher's experiences with multi-species Fieldwork in private wildlife conservancies in South Africa and inspired by San tracking techniques.Design/methodology/approachReflections on methodological lessons learnt during multi-species Ethnographic Fieldwork in South Africa. The approach is rather “Maanenesque” in telling various types of tales of the field. These tales also implicitly show how all-encompassing Ethnographic Fieldwork and its accompanying reflexivity are; there is never time for leisure in Ethnographic Fieldwork.FindingsThat developing Fieldwork methodologies in multi-species Ethnographic research confronts researchers with the explicit need for and training in multi-sensory methods and interpretations, inspired by “the art of tracking” of the San.Originality/valueComes up with a concrete suggestion for a sequence of research methods for multi-species ethnography based on the trials and tribulations of a multi-species ethnographer's experiences in South Africa and inspired by San tracking techniques.
Hameed Chughtai - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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problematizing the field theorizing spatial volatility in Ethnographic Fieldwork
International Conference on Information Systems, 2014Co-Authors: Hameed ChughtaiAbstract:The purpose of this paper is to problematize the idea of the Ethnographic field that is usually taken for granted in Information Systems (IS) field research. The field is the touchstone of reality which the ethnographer encounters yet it is often thought of something fixed and merely 'out there' where the ethnographer goes to conduct the research. However, recent advances in anthropological scholarship disclose that the field might be in constant flux. In this paper, thus, we focus on just one aspect of the changing field, that of spatial volatility. We report some spatial issues during our eight months of Ethnographic Fieldwork among young information technology professionals in a large scale technology organization. We suggest that the hermeneutic of volatility can provide access to significant moments during Fieldwork by taking spatial aspects into account. The study aims to contribute toward adding conceptual tools in the Ethnographic toolkit for IS researchers.
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ICIS - Problematizing the Field: Theorizing Spatial Volatility in Ethnographic Fieldwork
2014Co-Authors: Hameed ChughtaiAbstract:The purpose of this paper is to problematize the idea of the Ethnographic field that is usually taken for granted in Information Systems (IS) field research. The field is the touchstone of reality which the ethnographer encounters yet it is often thought of something fixed and merely 'out there' where the ethnographer goes to conduct the research. However, recent advances in anthropological scholarship disclose that the field might be in constant flux. In this paper, thus, we focus on just one aspect of the changing field, that of spatial volatility. We report some spatial issues during our eight months of Ethnographic Fieldwork among young information technology professionals in a large scale technology organization. We suggest that the hermeneutic of volatility can provide access to significant moments during Fieldwork by taking spatial aspects into account. The study aims to contribute toward adding conceptual tools in the Ethnographic toolkit for IS researchers.
Helle Ploug Hansen - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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VP28 The Use Of Ethnographic Fieldwork In Health Technology Assessment
International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care, 2017Co-Authors: Helle Ploug Hansen, Tine ThomsenAbstract:INTRODUCTION:The aim of the study was to introduce Ethnographic Fieldwork (1), including participant-observation and Ethnographic interviews. Ethnographic Fieldwork is a robust research methodology to study patients experiences and perspectives and, therefore, particularly valuable for Health Technology Assessment (HTA). Conducting Ethnographic Fieldwork requires that the researcher joins the people under study where they live or work for a period of time to observe and experience their everyday life and grasp their point of view in relation to the assessment of a health technology.METHODS:The presentation focuses on Ethnographic Fieldwork with participant-observation and Ethnographic interviews. In relation to HTA, Fieldwork can be highly relevant in order to understand the social world of the patients, for instance how they perceive and act in relation to a health technology. Furthermore fieldnotes, considerations on the analytic process and the production of knowledge will be a focus in the presentation.RESULTS:We argue, that a small Fieldwork study based on participant-observation can do much more than just act as supplements to differents forms of interviews. We demonstrate that in the production of an HTA, patient knowledge should not depend on or prioritize one method like interviews or recorded talks. We show the importance of good fieldnotes in the process of analysis together with a discussion of the production of knowledge.CONCLUSIONS:To explore patients perspectives is thus not to identify one ’true’ perspective through an individual interview. Patients perspectives and experiences are emerging, relational and shifting. Therefore, there is a need for enhancing methodological and epistemological reflections and discussions about future development of Ethnographic Fieldwork in relation to HTA and patient involvement. The potential use of Ethnographic Fieldwork including participant-observation and Ethnographic interviews will be highly relevant in relation to the assessment of new screening procedures, tele-health solutions, and collaboration between different sectors such as hospitals, municipalities and general practice. Furthermore, Ethnographic Fieldwork would be of importance for exploring how technology is working in local settings.