Palladino, Simona (2023) The unspoken experiences of ethnography: overcoming boundaries of (un)accepted behaviour. In: Sexual Misconduct in Academia: Informing an Ethics of Care in the University. Routledge, pp. 99-114. ISBN 9781032277516
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Qualitative methods generally, and ethnography in particular, have emerged as the most immersive research methodology within the everyday life of research participants. However, relationships established in the field may impinge on levels of intimacy that are perceived to be inappropriate by the ethnographer. Based on the ethnographic fieldwork conducted as a Doctoral researcher with older Italians in North East of England, this chapter foregrounds the position of the ethnographer when interacting with participants involves experiencing sexual harassment. Within a discussion of the safety of the researcher, this work firstly, deliberates on issues that oscillate between the ‘field’ and the ‘self’. Secondly, this chapter discusses issues of access, positionality and challenges of conducting research through ethnographic fieldwork. Finally, it elaborates the emotional, psychological and social dimensions of the harassment, bringing the ‘body’ and its varying perceptions to the fore. This work constitutes an original contribution upon the precarity of working in a community setting in close contact with research participants, and how that shapes the idea of research fieldwork. The author suggests the varying nature of the ethnographic field and the growing need to reflect on the ‘unspoken risks’ of fieldwork.
| Item Type: | Book Section |
|---|---|
| Keywords: | Ethnography; fieldwork; Italians; sexual harrasment |
| Faculty / Department: | Faculty of Education and Social Sciences > School of Social Sciences |
| Depositing User: | Simona Palladino |
| Date Deposited: | 23 Apr 2023 13:52 |
| Last Modified: | 23 Apr 2023 13:52 |
| URI: | https://hira.hope.ac.uk/id/eprint/3876 |
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