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Ethnographer location and the politics of translation

Researching One's Own Group in a Host Country

Bibliographic Data

ID2403414
AuthorsYoung Jeong Kim (Korea Democracy Foundation, Republic of Korea, corresponding author)
Year2012
Volume12
Issue2
Pages131-146
Publication date2012-04-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueQualitative Research (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1468-7941 • E-ISSN: 1741-3109
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/1468794111422032
OpenAlexW2318610438
LanguageEN
Citations received23
References cited23

As public and academic attention to migration increases, methodological issues related to such research become increasingly important. Although previous efforts of scholars have provided excellent guidance concerning reflexivity and power relationships in research, these discussions have tended to assume a conventional hierarchy positioning and have been limited to the relationship between the researcher and the researched only. Yet, given the shift in the research environment stemming from the increasing mobility of scholars and the increasing interchange of knowledge, as well as emerging auto-ethnographic/auto-biographic research, it is now necessary to challenge these traditional assumptions. This article raises questions concerning the hierarchical relationship between researcher and researched and certain conceptions of the field of ethnography based on my own research experience regarding South Korean migrant women in the UK. Accordingly, with particular emphasis on the researcher's role as a translator, this article suggests extending our consideration of such relationships to the readership, which constitutes an important, but under-considered, factor in the research process

Audience measurement · Ethnography · Hierarchy · Media studies · Political science · Politics · Public relations · Reflexivity · Social science · Sociology · Anthropology · Diaspora, migration, transnational identity · Gender Studies · Migration and Labor Dynamics · Migration, Refugees, and Integration

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Citation span2014 - 2025 (12)
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