Ethnographic fieldwork as embodied material practice: Reflections from theory and the field

Hopwood, N

Ethnographic fieldwork as embodied material practice: Reflections from theory and the field

Hopwood, N

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Citation:: 2013, 40 pp. 227 - 245
Issue Date:: 2013-01-01

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dc.contributor.author	Hopwood, N https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2149-5834	en_US
dc.date.issued	2013-01-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	2013, 40 pp. 227 - 245	en_US
dc.identifier.isbn	9781781907825	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/27680
dc.description.abstract	© 2013 by Emerald Group Publishing Limited. This chapter explores ethnographic fieldwork as embodied, material practice. It takes as its foundation the long-standing acknowledgement of the importance of ethnographers' bodies in their work. Concepts and a range of theoretical sources are interwoven with reflections on my own fieldwork in a child and family health service in Sydney. The conceptual discussion begins with a framing of fieldwork as sociomaterial practice, following Schatzki, which highlights bodily and material dimensions of practice. These ideas are then reworked through a number of theoretical lenses, as metaphors of Möbius ribbons and grotesque bodies are used to reflect on relationships between body, mind, and materiality in ethnographic fieldwork. Copright	en_US
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1108/S0163-2396(2013)0000040013	en_US
dc.subject.classification	Sociology	en_US
dc.title	Ethnographic fieldwork as embodied material practice: Reflections from theory and the field	en_US
dc.type	Chapter
utslib.citation.volume	40	en_US
utslib.for	1303 Specialist Studies in Education	en_US
utslib.for	1608 Sociology	en_US
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pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
utslib.copyright.status	closed_access
pubs.publication-status	Published	en_US
pubs.volume	40	en_US

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© 2013 by Emerald Group Publishing Limited. This chapter explores ethnographic fieldwork as embodied, material practice. It takes as its foundation the long-standing acknowledgement of the importance of ethnographers' bodies in their work. Concepts and a range of theoretical sources are interwoven with reflections on my own fieldwork in a child and family health service in Sydney. The conceptual discussion begins with a framing of fieldwork as sociomaterial practice, following Schatzki, which highlights bodily and material dimensions of practice. These ideas are then reworked through a number of theoretical lenses, as metaphors of Möbius ribbons and grotesque bodies are used to reflect on relationships between body, mind, and materiality in ethnographic fieldwork. Copright

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