The ethnographic research process: ethical considerations

Building on two ideal-types that represent the antithesis of the expected ethi - cal position of a researcher (the thief ethnographer and the indifferent ethnographer), I explore the limits and challenges of finding an ethical position in contemporary ethnographic practice. In contrast with these tw...

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Autor principal: Restrepo, Eduardo
Formato: info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Lenguaje:Español
Publicado: Instituto de Altos Estudios Sociales 2016
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Acceso en línea:http://revistasacademicas.unsam.edu.ar/index.php/etnocontemp/article/view/395
http://biblioteca-repositorio.clacso.edu.ar/handle/CLACSO/25007
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Sumario:Building on two ideal-types that represent the antithesis of the expected ethi - cal position of a researcher (the thief ethnographer and the indifferent ethnographer), I explore the limits and challenges of finding an ethical position in contemporary ethnographic practice. In contrast with these two figures -the thief ethnographer and the indifferent ethnographer- my position is that in any type of ethnographic research--not exclusively those in which there is an overt identification with subaltern struggles--ethical considerations require the figure of the committed ethnographer.