The Shadow Side of Fieldwork

<i>The</i> <i>Shadow Side of Fieldwork</i> draws attention to the typically hidden or unacknowledged aspects of ethnographic fieldwork encounters that nevertheless shape the resulting knowledge and texts. Addressing these invisible, elusive, unspoken or mysterious elements introduces a distinctive rigor and responsibility to ethnographic research. <br /> <ul> <li style=”list-style: none”><br /> </li> <li>Luminaries in anthropology dare to explore the ‘unspeakable’ and ‘invisible’ in the ethnographic encounter<br /> </li> <li>Considers personal and professional challenges (ethical, epistemological, and political) faced by researchers who examine the subjectivities inherent in their ethnographic insights<br /> </li> <li>Explores the value, and limitations, of addressing the personal in ethnographic research<br /> </li> <li>Includes a critical discussion of the anthropologist’s self in the field<br /> </li> <li>Introduces imaginative rigor to ethnographic research to heighten confidence in anthropological knowledge</li> </ul>