Fieldwork: Time, Fidelity and the Ethnographic Method in Religious Studies
Fieldwork, a term frequently employed in religious studies to describe qualitative research with contemporary subjects in their own milieu, is a concept inextricably linked with the ethnographic project. Anthropologists have for years challenged and pushed the limits of what fieldwork is, where fiel...
| Otros títulos: | "Special Issue: Critical Terms for the Ethnography of Religion" |
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| Tipo de documento: | Electrónico Artículo |
| Lenguaje: | Inglés |
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Equinox
2022
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| En: |
Fieldwork in religion
Año: 2022, Volumen: 17, Número: 1, Páginas: 13-25 |
| (Cadenas de) Palabra clave estándar: | B
Investigación de campo
/ Ciencias de la religión
/ Duración
/ Método
/ Confianza
/ Etnología
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| Clasificaciones IxTheo: | AA Ciencias de la religión NCJ Ética de la ciencia ZA Ciencias sociales |
| Otras palabras clave: | B
fieldwork methods
B ethnographic fieldwork B research ethics B Temporality B Anthropology of religion |
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| Sumario: | Fieldwork, a term frequently employed in religious studies to describe qualitative research with contemporary subjects in their own milieu, is a concept inextricably linked with the ethnographic project. Anthropologists have for years challenged and pushed the limits of what fieldwork is, where fieldwork takes place, and how fieldwork is conducted by asking productive questions about where exactly "the field" is located and what precisely constitutes "the work". In religious studies, debates about ethnographic fieldwork, per se, are less advanced. Traditional notions of fieldwork in anthropology assume long-term engagement with folk and their communities. This often means living and working with research subjects for years, even decades. A critical reflection on the method and idea of fieldwork in religious studies brings to the fore important issues of legitimacy, accuracy and comprehensiveness in the study of "lived religion" and raises anew enduring questions about the ethics of ethnography when time, access and intimacy are ever-shifting and precarious. |
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| ISSN: | 1743-0623 |
| Obras secundarias: | Enthalten in: Fieldwork in religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1558/firn.22580 |