Speaking for the 'other'? Representation, positionality and subjectivity in ethnographic fieldwork in Danish and Kenyan education institutions.

Autor/in	Dahl, Kari Kragh Blume
Titel	Speaking for the 'other'? Representation, positionality and subjectivity in ethnographic fieldwork in Danish and Kenyan education institutions.
Quelle	In: Social work & society, 20 (2022) 2, S. 1-14 PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Beigaben	Literaturangaben
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1613-8953
Schlagwörter	Empirische Untersuchung; Forschung; Qualitative Forschung; Lehrer; Macht; Interpretation; Student; Dänemark; Kenia
Abstract	This article explores how issues of representation, subjectivity and positionality during ethnographic fieldwork may inform the QUE stion of representing 'the other'. The aim is to start a critical discussion about how representation can be thought of and achieved under which circumstances, rather than recommending certain ways of doing fieldwork instead of others. Based on long-term ethnographic fieldwork in Danish and Kenyan education institutions, the article suggests exploring the dilemma of speaking on behalf of 'the other' rather than letting 'the other' speak for themselves as an issue of power, subjectivity and positionality. Rejecting the idea of neutrality and objectivity, and replacing it with subtle realism, makes it possible to acknowledge that partisanship will always be present in representations. Yet ingraining constant reflexivity and the comparison of multiple voices and subjectivities in fieldwork processes make it possible to understand representations of the other as partially situated and constructed.
Erfasst von	Deutsches Zentralinstitut für soziale Fragen, Berlin
Update	2023/1