[Linganth] part. obs. with groups
Richard J. Senghas
senghas at sonoma.edu
Mon Oct 17 21:42:55 UTC 2022
Interesting thread; I’m taking notes of the resources. Thanks all.
Can’t help but think about the complexities of the positionalities involved. I think it’s worth thinking about who are seen as the “abhorrent other” and by whom in the anthropological/ethnographic accounts….
-Richard
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> On Oct 17, 2022, at 2:11 PM, Jocelyn Aznar <contact at jocelynaznar.eu> wrote:
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> Hi,
>
> To find articles online on the topic, I would look for articles of people doing fieldwork among the extreme/alt-right/fasciste/neo-nazi movements, while not being part of it at all... Unfortunetely, the only article I would have to recommend on this issue (in the sense that I've read and enjoyed) is in French¹. But else, a quick search in this direction returned some references in English, in particular this one:
>
> - Doing fieldwork among people we don't (necessarily) like
> S Bangstad - Anthropology News, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
>
> The articles citing this text seem often relevant to your demand².
>
> Best,
> Jocelyn
>
> ¹: The article is more about methodological difficulties this issue in this kind of situation, which is not so uncommon when doing fieldwork: https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.cairn.info/revue-francaise-de-science-politique-2007-1-page-5.htm?contenu%3Darticle&source=gmail-imap&ust=1666645883000000&usg=AOvVaw2RHSJsxj3QSvQnJAZuEKyy <https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.cairn.info/revue-francaise-de-science-politique-2007-1-page-5.htm?contenu%3Darticle&source=gmail-imap&ust=1666645883000000&usg=AOvVaw2RHSJsxj3QSvQnJAZuEKyy>.
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> ²: https://www.google.com/url?q=https://anancus.ynh.fr/lstu/_pZXyruL&source=gmail-imap&ust=1666645883000000&usg=AOvVaw3XcO3rAaBjp8vrRKyNBa5G <https://www.google.com/url?q=https://anancus.ynh.fr/lstu/_pZXyruL&source=gmail-imap&ust=1666645883000000&usg=AOvVaw3XcO3rAaBjp8vrRKyNBa5G>
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> Le 17/10/2022 à 20:45, Mary Bucholtz a écrit :
>> Jamaal Muwwakkil has an excellent forthcoming piece in Transforming Anthropology on being a Black progressive researcher doing an ethnography of the discourse of young white conservatives. The article discusses how he navigated the challenges of this complex situation.
>> Best,
>> Mary
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>>> On Oct 17, 2022, at 9:54 AM, Nora Tyeklar <ntyeklar at utexas.edu <mailto:ntyeklar at utexas.edu> <mailto:ntyeklar at utexas.edu <mailto:ntyeklar at utexas.edu>>> wrote:
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>>> Hello,
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>>> Susan Harding's work comes to mind, namely her book /The Book of Jerry Falwell: Fundamentalist Language and Politics/.
>>> And a shorter piece also by her Representing Fundamentalism: The Problem of the Repugnant Cultural Other <https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.jstor.org/stable/40970650&source=gmail-imap&ust=1666645883000000&usg=AOvVaw1uk_HrJeBvp7uE4Xd_T-1o <https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.jstor.org/stable/40970650&source=gmail-imap&ust=1666645883000000&usg=AOvVaw1uk_HrJeBvp7uE4Xd_T-1o>>
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>>> sincerely,
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>>> Nora
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>>> On Mon, Oct 17, 2022 at 6:07 PM William L. Leap <wlm at american.edu <mailto:wlm at american.edu> <mailto:wlm at american.edu <mailto:wlm at american.edu>>> wrote:
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>>> Dr Pennesi et al.: Waaay back in 1996, Ellen and Lewin and I
>>> co-authore d a set of essays, Out in the Field, where the
>>> contributors addressed (with varying replies) the issues that yr
>>> student raises here. The scope of each essay was often broader
>>> than groups with abhorrent ideologies. Then we were concerned
>>> with working in any setting outside our own. But the discussions
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>>> Can anyone recommend readings dealing with participation
>>> observation among groups whose ideologies are abhorrent to the
>>> researcher? I have a queer student considering including a
>>> transphobic group in her analysis of discourses surrounding social
>>> justice (as a counter discourse of “anti-wokeness”). She is
>>> concerned about attending events in person or live online, how to
>>> represent herself to the group, not wanting to be perceived as
>>> supporting them, and just her own negative feelings having to
>>> listen to what they say. To be clear, she will also work with
>>> groups promoting social justice but she is trying to do a
>>> comparative study of discourses about social justice so she wants
>>> to include an opposing perspective.____
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