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ERIC Number: EJ1025004
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2013
Pages: 15
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ISSN: ISSN-1745-7823
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Ethnographic Locations: The Geographies of Feminist Post-Structural Ethnography
Cairns, Kate
Ethnography and Education, v8 n3 p323-337 2013
The feminist post-structuralist emphasis on social location has yielded crucial insights within debates about power and reflexivity in educational research; however, spatial location is also at play in the formation of educational ethnographies. Reflecting upon various aspects of a research project with rural students in Ontario, Canada, this paper explores three key elements of what I call the "geography of ethnography". These include: (1) the spatial politics involved in constructing a research "site"; (2) the shifting location of the ethnographer in research practice; and (3) the liminal space of the focus group. Anchored in specific interactions in "the field," the paper demonstrates how integrating insights from cultural geography and feminist post-structuralism can yield new ethnographic understandings. I argue that educational ethnographers need to better account for the geography of ethnography in order to attend to the power-laden sphere of ethnographic research.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Canada
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