Harassed: Gender, Bodies, and Ethnographic ResearchResearchers frequently experience sexualized interactions, sexual objectification, and harassment as they conduct fieldwork. These experiences are often left out of ethnographers’ “tales from the field” and remain unaddressed within qualitative literature. Harassed argues that the androcentric, racist, and colonialist epistemological foundations of ethnographic methodology contribute to the silence surrounding sexual harassment and other forms of violence. Rebecca Hanson and Patricia Richards challenge readers to recognize how these attitudes put researchers at risk, further the solitude experienced by researchers, lead others to question the validity of their work, and, in turn, negatively impact the construction of ethnographic knowledge. To improve methodological training, data collection, and knowledge produced by all researchers, Harassed advocates for an embodied approach to ethnography that reflexively engages with the ways in which researchers’ bodies shape the knowledge they produce. By challenging these assumptions, the authors offer an opportunity for researchers, advisors, and educators to consider the multiple ways in which good ethnographic research can be conducted. Beyond challenging current methodological training and mentorship, Harassed opens discussions about sexual harassment and violence in the social sciences in general. |
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Contents
Ethnographic Fixations | 25 |
Gendered Bodies and Field Research | 53 |
Sexual Harassment in the Field | 92 |
Constructing Knowledge | 154 |
Notes | 195 |
| 215 | |
| 229 | |
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| Title | Harassed: Gender, Bodies, and Ethnographic Research |
| Authors | Rebecca Hanson, Patricia Richards |
| Publisher | Univ of California Press, 2019 |
| ISBN | 0520299043, 9780520299047 |
| Length | 240 pages |
| Subjects | › Social Science / Research Social Science / Sexual Abuse & Harassment Social Science / Women's Studies |
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