Reflecting on Theory and Method

Ethnographic study challenges us to discern how people conceive of themselves and the world around them. It also calls for uncovering new ways of seeing, hearing, and thinking through the complex dynamics that emerge from paying close attention to people and processes in contested landscapes like So...

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Published inRunning After Paradise p. 242
Main Author Scanlan Lyons, Colleen M
Format Book Chapter
LanguageEnglish
Published United States University of Arizona Press 17.05.2022
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Summary:Ethnographic study challenges us to discern how people conceive of themselves and the world around them. It also calls for uncovering new ways of seeing, hearing, and thinking through the complex dynamics that emerge from paying close attention to people and processes in contested landscapes like Southern Bahia.¹ How do we come to know people in a place but also analyze across important local-to-global forces like social movements that are shifting, transitory, and dynamic? How do we choose analytical frameworks that are rooted within but have currency beyond a single leader and locale? How do we identify and make sense
ISBN:9780816540136
0816540136
DOI:10.2307/j.ctv2gbsd0g.13