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Practices of Writing in Ethnographic Work

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Schindler, Larissa ; Schäfer, Hilmar:
Practices of Writing in Ethnographic Work.
In: Journal of Contemporary Ethnography. Bd. 50 (2021) Heft 1 . - S. 11-32.
ISSN 1552-5414
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/0891241620923396

Abstract

Although the practice of writing is key to the production of ethnographic knowledge, the topic remains understudied. Using material from our own ethnographic research in the fields of air travel and cultural heritage as data, we develop a reflexive account of ethnographic writing. We examine in detail the practices of jotting down observations, writing field notes, analytic annotating, ordering and rearranging, and drafting and revising papers. The article takes a praxeological stance, conceptualizing writing as a practice that is simultaneously cognitive, embodied, and material. Our analysis finds that writing influences and shapes all stages of ethnographic work, from orienting perception by setting an appropriate mode of attention to organizing the work itself, e.g., by keeping to-do lists. Writing does not simply communicate ethnographic insights, but - as a result of the activity of texts - it also generates them.

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Publikationsform: Artikel in einer Zeitschrift
Begutachteter Beitrag: Ja
Keywords: Epistemological practices; Ethnography; Methodology; Practice theory; STS
Institutionen der Universität: Fakultäten > Kulturwissenschaftliche Fakultät > Lehrstuhl Methoden der empirischen Sozialforschung
Fakultäten > Kulturwissenschaftliche Fakultät > Lehrstuhl Methoden der empirischen Sozialforschung > Lehrstuhl Methoden der empirischen Sozialforschung - Univ.-Prof. Dr. Larissa Schindler
Fakultäten
Fakultäten > Kulturwissenschaftliche Fakultät
Titel an der UBT entstanden: Nein
Themengebiete aus DDC: 300 Sozialwissenschaften > 300 Sozialwissenschaften, Soziologie
Eingestellt am: 21 Jul 2020 08:49
Letzte Änderung: 15 Jan 2021 07:13
URI: https://eref.uni-bayreuth.de/id/eprint/55976